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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 12:7

He is a merchant ,.... Here is a change of person from "thou" to "he", from Judah to Ephraim, who is said to be a "merchant"; and if that was all, there is nothing worthy of dispraise in it; but he was a cheating merchant, a fraudulent dealer, as appears by what follows: or he is Canaan, or a Canaanite F25 כנען χανααν , Sept. "Chanaan", V. L. Tigurine version; "Chanauaeum" refers, Munster. ; more like a descendant of Canaan, by his manners, than a descendant of Jacob. But the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, yet I am become rich ,.... Notwithstanding they took such unjust methods, as to use deceitful balances, they prospered in the world, got abundance of riches; and therefore concluded from thence that their manner of dealing was not criminal, at least not so bad as the prophets represented to them; and so promised themselves impunity, and that what they were threatened with would not come upon them; and, as long as they got riches, they cared not in what manner; and inasmuch... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant - Or a Canaanite; referring to the Phoenicians, famous for their traffic. Ephraim is as corrupt as those heathenish traffickers were. He kept, as many in all ages have done, a weight and a weight; a heavy one to buy with and a light one to sell by. read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant (margin, Canaan ) , the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress . This verse is more exactly rendered, Canaan is he, in his hand are the balances of deceit: he loveth to oppress . How the sons have degenerated from the sire! No longer do we see Jacob wrestling in prayer with the angel of the covenant, and knighted in the field with the name of Israel, or "prince with God;" but a fraudulent merchant Kenaan, seeking to aggrandize himself by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-9

Fortunes badly used, badly made, and badly ended. "He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast." Here we have— I. FORTUNES BADLY USED . "And Ephraim said, I am become rich, I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-10

Extent of Israel's apostasy. I. Here we are shown now FOR ISRAEL HAD APOSTATIZED , how unlike they were to the patriarch of whom they boasted, and how far they fell short of admonitions that had been addressed to) them. 1. They were like the Canaanite whom they despised than the patriarch from whom they were descended. They had become liker fraudulent merchants than God-fearing members of the Church of God. To fraud they added oppression where they had the power. 2. The ... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 12:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 12:7

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 12:7-10

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