ホセア書 12:3-4 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:3-6

Power with God. The people are incited to repentance by the example of their progenitor Jacob. His wrestling for the blessing sets their unfaithfulness in darker contrast. I. GOD 'S ELECTION DOES NOT SUPERSEDE MAN 'S EFFORT . Before Jacob was born God had said, "The elder shall serve the younger" ( Genesis 25:23 ). Yet the blessing had to be striven for, and won from God by wrestling and supplication. 1. Jacob had from the first an impulse to realize his destiny . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:4

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him. As Jacob's position at birth symbolized the pre-eminence which God's electing love had in store for him, and as in his manhood's prime he put forth such earnestness and energy to obtain the blessing, so Israel, by the example of their forefather, are encouraged to like strenuous exertion with like certainty of success. The example is more fully described and dwelt on in this verse for the purpose of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:3

He took his brother by the heel in the womb - Whether or no the act of Jacob was beyond the strength, ordinarily given to infants in the womb, the meaning of the act was beyond man’s wisdom to declare. Whence the Jews paraphrased , “Was it not predicted of your lather Jacob, before he was born, that he should become greater than his brother?” Yet this was not fulfilled until more than 500 years afterward, nor completely until the time of David. These gifts were promised to Jacob out of the free... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:4

He wept and made supplication unto Him - Jacob’s weeping is not mentioned by Moses. Hosea then knew more than Moses related. He could not have gathered it out of Moses, for Moses relates the words of earnest supplication; yet the tone is that of one, by force of earnest energy, wresting, as it were, the blessing from God, not of one weeping. Yet Hosea adds this, in harmony with Moses. For “vehement desires and earnest petitions frequently issue in tears.” “To implore means to ask with tears” .... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 12:3

Hosea 12:3 . He took his brother by the heel in the womb From the mentioning of Jacob in the foregoing verse, the prophet takes occasion to put his posterity in mind of the particular favours God had bestowed upon him; partly with a view to encourage them to imitate him in endeavouring to obtain the like blessings, and partly to convince them of their ingratitude and degeneracy from him. His taking his brother by the heel, signified his striving, by a divine instinct, for the birthright... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 12:4-5

Hosea 12:4-5 . He had power over the angel Called God, Hosea 12:3, and Jehovah, God of hosts, Hosea 12:5, namely, God by nature and essence, and an angel by office and voluntary undertaking. He wept and made supplication unto him He prayed with tears from a sense of his own unworthiness, and with earnestness for the mercy he desired. Jacob’s wrestling with the angel was, as has been just intimated, not only a corporal conflict, but likewise a spiritual one; from bodily wrestling he betook... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:1-14

Deceit and wilfulness (11:12-12:14)Israel’s political agreements with foreign nations, whether concerning trade or defence, are unlawful in God’s eyes. They are based on lies and dishonesty (11:12-12:1).Such deceit has been a characteristic of Israel from the time of the nation’s forefather, Jacob (the original Israel). From birth Jacob showed a desire to get his own way. As an adult he struggled even with God. Only when he was forced finally to give in did he win the blessing he so eagerly... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:3

He took his brother. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 25:26 ). took . . . by the heel. Hebrew. 'akab. Hence his name Jacob. his brother = his very own brother (with ' eth) . by his strength = in his manhood: i.e. another example, later in life, but of a similar nature. had power with = contended with ( Oxford Gesenius, p. 40). Hebrew Sarah. (Hence his name Israel). The event is referred to only here, and Genesis 32:28 . See note there. God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with ' eth) = God Himself.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:4

the Angel. Defined in Hosea 12:5 . prevailed = He (the Angel) overcame him (Jacob). See notes on Genesis 32:28 . Hence the change of Jacob's name to "Israel" = God commands. he wept: i.e. Jacob. This is the Figure of speech Hysteresis ( App-6 ), by which former histories are supplemented by later Divine inspiration. He found him: i.e. God found Jacob in Beth-el. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 28:17 , Genesis 28:19 ). Note the implied contrast, Beth-el being now the seat of idolatry. He... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 12:3

"In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God."The reference to Jacob in this passage seems to have been with a double purpose: (1) for demonstrating that the cunning, deceit, and guile of the Israel in Hosea's day was in character with that of the old "heel catcher" from whom they had all descended, and (2) in order to emphasize that, with all of Jacob's faults, he did honor the promises of God, struggled with God to receive his blessings, tenaciously... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:3-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 12:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 12:4-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 12:3

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