פירוש על הושע 4:3

shall...mourn the land shall be destroyed and the mourning therein shall grow.

shall be diminished Heb. יֵאָסְפוּ. Jonathan renders: diminished because of their sins. It is an expression of destruction, similar to, “I will utterly consume them (אָסֹף אֲסִיפֵם)” (Jeremiah 8:13).