Hosea 12:7-14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8

I am become rich - They boasted in their riches, notwithstanding the unjust manner in which they were acquired. In all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me - This is frequently the language of merchants, tradesmen, etc. None are so full of professions of equity and justice, while all the time they are endeavoring to overreach, both in buying and selling. "Sir, I cannot afford it at that price." "It is not mine for that money." "I assure you that it cost me more than you offer."... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:9

And I - the Lord thy God - I who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, will again make thee to dwell in tabernacles. This appears to be a threatening. I will reduce you to as miserable a state in the land of your captivity, as you often were through your transgressions in the wilderness. This was the opinion of some of the ancients on this verse; and the context requires it to be understood in this way. I do not think that the feast of tabernacles is referred to. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:10

I have also spoken - I have used every means, and employed every method, to instruct and save you. I have sent prophets, who spake plainly, exhorting, warning, and beseeching you to return to me. They have had Divine visions, which they have declared and interpreted. They have used similitudes, symbols, metaphors, allegories, etc., in order to fix your attention, and bring you back to your duty and interest. And, alas! all is in vain; you have not profited by my condescension. This text St.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:11

Iniquity in Gilead - Gilgal and Gilead are equally iniquitous, and equally idolatrous. Gilead, which was beyond Jordan, had already been brought under subjection by Tiglath-Pileser. Gilgal, which was on this side Jordan, shall share the same fate; because it is now as idolatrous as the other. Their altars are as heaps - They occur everywhere. The whole land is given to idolatry. 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:13

By a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet (Joshua) was he preserved - Joshua succeeded Moses, and brought the Israelites into the promised land; and when they passed the Jordan at Gilgal, he received the covenant of circumcision; and yet this same place was now made by them the seat of idolatry! How blind and how ungrateful! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:14

Therefore shall he leave his blood upon him - He will not remove his guilt. These are similar to our Lord's words, John 3:36 ; John 9:41 ; : "He that believeth not on the Son of God, shall not see life, for the wrath of God Abideth On Him" - shall not be removed by any remission, as he rejects the only way in which he can be saved. Because ye say, We see; therefore, Your Sin Remaineth, i.e., it still stands charged against you. Your miseries and destruction are of your own procuring;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:7

Verse 7 But while the Prophet exhorted the Israelites to repentance, he adds, that such was their perverseness, that it was done without any fruit.Canaan! he says; I read this by itself; for what some consider to be understood is frigid, as, “He was assimilated to, or was like Canaan, in whose hand,” etc. . But, on the contrary, the Prophet here condemns the Israelites by one word; as though he said, that they were wholly aliens, and unworthy to be called the children of Abraham. And thus what... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8

Verse 8 Here God complains by his Prophet, that the Israelites flattered themselves in their vices, because their affairs succeeded prosperously and according to their wishes: and it is a vice too common, that men felicitate themselves as long as fortune, as they commonly say, smiles on them, thinking that they have God then propitious to them. Since then the condition of the people was such, they despised all the Prophets and their reproofs. Of this hardihood the Lord now complains. Ephraim... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:9

Verse 9 In the first clause God reproaches the Israelites for having forgotten the benefit of his redemption, the memory of which ought ever to have prevailed and flourished among them. I yet, he says, am thy God from the land of Egypt; that is, “It is strange that you are so forgetful that your redemption does not come to your mind, which yet ought to be well known, and be ever, as it were, before your eyes.” That was, as we know, a memorable instance of God’s kindness. But when he says that... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:11

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:9

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