Hosea 12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 ): [He, Ephraim, is] a merchant. This is the first of two provocations. See the Structure above; and Compare Hosea 12:14 . the balances of deceit = unjust balances. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36 ). he loveth to oppress. Money was obtained by oppression. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:2 ; Leviticus 19:13 ). App-92 . oppress = defraud. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:8

labours = toils. iniquity = perversity. Hebrew. 'avah . App-44 . Not the same word as in Hosea 12:11 . that were = which [is]. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:9

And I, &c. These verses (9, 10) correspond with Hosea 12:14 , and give the cause of the provocation. There is an evident Ellipsis , which may be thus supplied: "And [thou forgettest that] I, Jehovah thy Elohim from the land of Egypt, [that I have promised that] I will yet make thee to dwell in tents as in the Feast of Tabernacles". dwell in tabernacles. This is again promised in Zechariah 14:16 . tabernacles. Since the days of Nehemiah 8:17 , the feast is called 'ohalim ( App-40 .), as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:10

spoken by the prophets. Compare 2 Kings 17:13 . Heb 1:1 . 2 Peter 1:21 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity = [Surely Gilead is] iniquity: supplying the Ellipsis ( App-6 ) from the next clause. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avert. App-44 . Not the same word as Hosea 12:8 . Gilead . . . Gilgal . . . heaps. Heap of testimony . . . heap of heaps . . . heaps. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). Hebrew. Gil'ad . . . Gilgal . . gallim. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:12

fled . . . Syria. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 28:5 .Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 26:5 ). App-92 . Syria. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:5 ). Israel served, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 29:18 ). kept sheep. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 30:31 , the same Hebrew word, shamar) . We may supply the connecting thought: "[yet in after days] Israel was brought out of Egypt . . . and preserved [in the wilderness]". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:13

by a prophet: i.e. Moses. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:50 , Exodus 12:51 ; Exodus 13:3 .Numbers 12:6-8 . App-92 . Compare Deuteronomy 18:15 ). preserved = kept, as in Hosea 12:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:14

Ephrairn. As represented by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:25 , 1 Kings 13:5 ), and Hoshea (2 Kings 17:11-23 ). He = God. blood. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6 , for blood-guiltiness. his reproach. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37 ). LORD. Hebrew. 'Adonim. App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 12:1

We are grateful indeed to find a wonderful evaluation of the endless and contradictory emendations (corrections!) that scholars have presumed to make in this chapter. The following quotation from James Ward expresses exactly how this writer feels concerning the text of the Holy Bible. We shall take the liberty of quoting somewhat at length from him:Nowhere is the text of Hosea more obscure than in Hosea 12 ... One impulse that comes over the commentator as he works over these lines is to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 12:2

"Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."The judgment visible in these first two verses is not at all confined either to Israel or Judah, but is to fall upon Jacob, a fitting title here for both Ephraim and Judah, since Jacob was the great ancestor of both. "The prophet pronounces his judgment upon both Israel and Judah."[4]"Jehovah hath also a controversy ..." "The language of Hosea 12:2 is... read more

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