Hosea 12:10

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 12:1-14

B. SECOND DISCOURSEHosea 12-14I. AccusationHosea 12:01 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,And the house of Israel with deceit;And Judah still vacillates with God,With the faithful holy One.12 Ephraim feeds upon the wind and pursues the east wind;Every day it increases violence and lying,And they make a covenant with Assyria,And oil [as a gift] is carried to Egypt.3 Jehovah has a contest with JudahAnd (He has) to punish Jacob according to his ways,According to his works he will reward him.4 In... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 12:1-14

Turn to God, not to Selfish Gain Hosea 11:12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 Though Judah still ruled with God, Hosea 11:12 , yet there was grave fault in him, and, like Ephraim, which had been engaging the prophet’s thought, he also must come under the rod. But throughout this paragraph there lingers the sweet music of the previous chapter, and especially the reminiscence of Israel’s early days, when he had power with the Angel and prevailed. The angel-haunted ideals and resolves of Beth-el could not be... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

Turning from this main line of the divine message, we now examine the prophet's interpolations. These set forth the history of Israel indicating their relation to Jehovah, and pronounce judgment. They form a remarkable obligato accompaniment in a minor key to the majestic love song of Jehovah, and constitute a contrast ing introduction to the final message of the prophet. The first of them reveals the prophet's sense of Jehovah's controversy with Judah, and his just dealings with Jacob. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

AN APPEAL IS MADE TO JACOB’S EXAMPLE WHICH SIMPLY SERVES TO REVEAL ISRAEL’S PARLOUS STATE AND GUARANTEES THE COMING JUDGMENT OF DESTRUCTION AND THE EXILE BUT IT IS WITH THE PROMISE OF FINAL RESTORATION AND FRUITFULNESS IN VIEW (Hosea 12:1 to Hosea 14:9 ). These words were probably mainly spoken during the latter part of the reign of Hoshea, with the destruction of Samaria threatening on the horizon. After a further appeal for repentance Israel is seen to be finally doomed, with any hope that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8-14

Having Made His Appeal For Repentance Hosea Now Indicates That Ephraim Are So Confident In Themselves That Their Only Hope Will Be After They Have Been ‘Brought Down A Peg Or Two’ (Hosea 12:8-14 ). This passage opens with Ephraim’s boast about their own righteousness. The whole attitude is in contrast with Hosea 12:7. There they were depicted as traders who were dishonest and shady in their behaviour. Here Ephraim boast about their absolute honesty. They are confident that no fault can be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:10

‘I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the ministry of the prophets have I used illustrations.’ He reminded them also that their situation did not arise out of the fact that He had failed to warn them previously. He had spoken to their prophets, He had multiplied visions to them, and He had spoken in many illustrations and parables. Thus they had no excuse for their failure to listen. They had brought what was coming on themselves. Note how this is partly His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

Hosea 11:12 to Hosea 12:14 (= Hebrews 12:1-Ezra :). Ephraim’ s Infidelity Traced from the Beginning.— This is one of the most difficult passages in Hosea. In the text Judah also is mentioned; but this may be due to a later hand. Hosea 12:4 f., Hosea 12:12 f. are probably additions. The chapter-division is wrong in EV and right in the Heb. Israel’ s sins of treason and deceit as it were surround Yahweh (nor has Judah been faithful). Ephraim loves (see note) wind, symbol of worthlessness and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 12:10

I have also spoken by the prophets; Heb. and, i.e. since I would have continued Ephraim’s peaceful state, I have spoken to them by my prophets, who have warned them of their danger, reproved them for their sins, entreated them to repent and do their duty; so I would have established them, my prophets spake plainly to them. I have multiplied visions; by many visions and representations of my mind, the duty of the people, what would be safe, what dangerous, by lively emblems set before the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hosea 12:10

HOMILETICSCRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 12:10. By prophets] who left no means untried, speaking in metaphors and methods adapted to rouse the attention (Numbers 12:6; Numbers 12:8; Joel 2:28). GOD’S METHOD OF TEACHING THE PEOPLE.—Hosea 12:10Hosea 12:10 expands Hosea 12:9, and further proves that the people had no excuse for their ignorance and sin. God had taught them from the first, “at sundry times and in divers manners,” by the prophets. Prophet succeeded prophet, and precept upon precept, line... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hosea 12:10

Everybody's Sermon July 25, 1858 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes." Hosea 12:10 . When the Lord would win his people Israel from their iniquities, he did not leave a stone unturned, but gave them precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little. He taught them sometimes with a rod in his hand, when he smote them with sore famine and pestilence, and invasion; at other times he sought to win them with bounties, for he... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 12:1-14

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 12:1-14

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:8-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:1-14

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 12:10

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hosea 12:10

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hosea 12:10

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