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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

Here are intermixed, in these verses, I. Reproofs for sin. When God is coming forth to contend with a people, that he may demonstrate his own righteousness, he will demonstrate their unrighteousness. Ephraim was called to turn to his God and keep judgment (Hos. 12:6); now, to show that he had need of that call, he is charged with turning from his God by idolatry, and breaking the laws of justice and judgment. 1. He is here charged with injustice against the precepts of the second table, Hos.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:12

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria ,.... Or, "field of Syria" F13 שדה ארם "agrum Aram", Montanus; "in agrum Syriae", Vatablus, Drusius, Rivet, Schmidt. ; the same with Padanaram; for "Padan", in the Arabic language, as Bochart has shown, signifies a field; and "Aram" is Syria, and is the word here used. This is to be understood of Jacob's fleeing thither for fear of his brother Esau, the history of which is had in Genesis 28:1 ; though some interpret this of his fleeing... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:12

Served for a wife - Seven years for Rachel. For a wife he kept sheep - Seven years for Leah; having been cheated by Laban, who gave him first Leah, instead of Rachel; and afterwards made him serve seven years more before he would confirm his first engagement. Critics complain of want of connection here. Why is this isolated fact predicted? Thus, in a detached sentence, the prophet speaks of the low estate of their ancestors, and how amply the providence of God had preserved and provided... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:12

Verse 12 The Prophet now employs another kind of reproof, — that the Israelites did not consider from what source they had proceeded, and were forgetful of their origin. And the Prophet designedly touches on this point; for we know how boldly and proudly the people boasted of their own eminence. For as a heathen gloried that he was an Athenian, so also the Jews think that all we are brute animals, and imagine that they have a different origin from the rest of mankind, because they are the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

Contain a fresh description of Israel's apostasy. To this the prophet is led by the preceding train of thought. When he called to mind the earnestness of the patriarch to obtain the blessing, the sincerity of his repentance, and the evidences of conversion, consisting in mercy and judgment and constant waiting on God, he looks around on Israel, and finding those virtues conspicuous by their absence; he repeats the story of their degeneracy. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

Three painful contrasts. In this strophe the threatening of punishment is again repeated ( Hosea 12:14 ). Ephraim's blood-guiltiness is to be left upon him; i.e. his sin is not to be pardoned. The "reproach" or dishonor which he has done to God by his idolatry, and iniquity God will repay him. But the denunciation is mixed with mercy. "I will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles" ( Hosea 12:9 ) seems to include, not only a threatening of banishment from "the Lord's land," but a new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:11-14

Reproofs and remembrancers. Reproofs for sin, and remembrancers of mercy. I. REBUKES FOR SIN . 1. The richest temporal blessings are blighted by sin . Gilead was a fruitful and pleasant region, as may be inferred from references to it in Scripture, as when God says, "Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness," and when its productions are spoken of, and its pasturages celebrated. It is still a beautiful district, with its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:12-13

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. The connection of this verse with what precedes has been variously explained. The flight of Israel and his servitude are intended, according to Umbreit, "to bring out the double servitude of Israel—the first, the one which the people had to endure in their forefather; the second, the one which they had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:12-14

Preserved by a prophet. Comparison with Deuteronomy 26:5-10 shows that the point in this passage is the contrast between Israel's original low estate in Syria and Egypt—the nation in the former case being represented in its ancestor—and the state of honor to which God raised it, when he brought it out of Egypt by Moses, and settled it in Canaan. The intention is to show the full enormity of Ephraim's ingratitude. I. ISRAEL IS SYRIA . ( Deuteronomy 26:12 ) This is viewed as the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:12

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria - Jacob chose poverty and servitude rather than marry an idotatress of Canaan. He knew not from where, except from God’s bounty and providence, he should have “bread to eat, or raiment to put on” Genesis 28:20; “with his staff alone he passed over Jordan” Genesis 32:10. His voluntary poverty, bearing even unjust losses Genesis 31:39, and “repaying the things which he never took,” reproved their dishonest traffic; his trustfulness in God, their mistrust;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:12-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:12

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