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Hosea 12

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.
3  By former favours he exhorts to repentance.
7  Ephraim's sins provoke God.

Verse 1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
feedeth
8:7, Job 15:2, Jeremiah 22:22
he daily
11:12
and they
5:13, 2 Kings 15:19, 17:4-6, Isaiah 30:6,7

Verse 2

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
a controversy
4:1, Jeremiah 25:31, Micah 6:2
and will
2 Kings 17:19,20, Isaiah 8:7,8, 10:6, Jeremiah 3:8-11, Ezekiel 23:11-21, Ezekiel 23:31,32
punish
Heb. visit upon.
2:13, 8:13, 9:9, Isaiah 10:12, 24:21; *marg:
according to his doings
Isaiah 3:11, 59:18, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6, Galatians 6:7

Verse 3

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
took
Genesis 25:26, Romans 9:11
had, etc
Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
Genesis 32:24-28, James 5:16-18

Verse 4

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
angel
Genesis 32:29, 48:15, Exodus 3:2-5, Isaiah 63:9, Malachi 3:1, Acts 7:30-35
made
Genesis 32:9-12, Hebrews 5:7
found
Genesis 28:11-19, 35:9
spake
Psalms 66:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Hebrews 6:13-18

Verse 5

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Even
Genesis 28:16, 32:30
is
Exodus 3:15, Psalms 135:13, Isaiah 42:8

Verse 6

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
turn
14:1, Proverbs 1:23, Isaiah 31:6, 55:6,7, Jeremiah 3:14-22, Lamentations 3:39-41, Joel 2:13, Zechariah 1:3, Acts 2:38, 26:20
keep
4:1, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 1:16, 58:6, Jeremiah 22:15, Amos 5:24, Micah 6:8, Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 8:16, James 1:27, 2:13
wait
Genesis 49:18, Psalms 27:14, 37:7, 123:2, 130:5-7, Isaiah 8:17, 30:18, 40:31, Lamentations 3:25,26, Habakkuk 2:3, Zephaniah 3:8

Verse 7

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
a merchant
or, Canaan.
Ezekiel 16:3, Zechariah 14:21, John 2:16
the balances
Leviticus 19:35,36, Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, Amos 8:5,6, Micah 6:10,11, 1 Timothy 6:9,10
he loveth
Isaiah 3:5, Ezekiel 22:29, Amos 2:7, 3:9, 4:1, 5:11, Micah 2:1, 3:1-3, 7:2, Malachi 3:5, James 5:4
oppress
or, deceive.
1 Samuel 12:3

Verse 8

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Yet
Job 31:24,25, Psalms 49:6, 52:7, 62:10, Zechariah 11:5, Luke 12:19, 16:13, 1 Timothy 6:5,17, Revelation 3:17
I have
Deuteronomy 8:17, Isaiah 10:13,14, Habakkuk 1:16, 2:5,6
in all, etc
or, all my labours suffice me not; he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin. they.
Proverbs 30:12,20, Jeremiah 2:23,35, Malachi 2:17, 3:13, Luke 10:29, 16:15
that
Heb. which.

Verse 9

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.
I that
13:4, Exodus 20:2, Leviticus 19:36, 26:13, Numbers 15:41, Psalms 81:10, Micah 6:4
yet
Genesis 25:27, 2 Samuel 7:2, Jeremiah 35:7, Hebrews 11:9-13
as in
Leviticus 23:40-43, Ezra 3:4, Nehemiah 8:15-17, Zechariah 14:16-19, John 7:2

Verse 10

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
have also
1 Kings 13:1, 14:7-16, 17:1, 18:21-40, 19:10, 2 Kings 17:13, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 25:4, Amos 7:14
multiplied
Numbers 12:6, Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17, 2 Corinthians 12:1,7
used
1:2-5, 3:1, Isaiah 5:1-7, 20:2-5, Jeremiah 13:1-14, 19:1,10, Ezekiel 4:1-5, Ezekiel 15:1-8, 20:49
ministry
Heb. hand.

Verse 11

Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
iniquity
6:8, 1 Kings 17:1
surely
Jeremiah 10:8,15, Jonah 2:8
they sacrifice
4:15, 9:15, Amos 4:4, 5:5
their altars
8:11, 10:1, 2 Kings 17:9-11, Jeremiah 2:20,28

Verse 12

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Jacob
Genesis 27:43, 28:1-29, Deuteronomy 26:5
Israel
Genesis 32:27,28
served
Genesis 29:18-28, 31:41

Verse 13

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
13:4,5, Exodus 12:50,51, 13:3, 1 Samuel 12:8, Psalms 77:20, Isaiah 63:11,12, Amos 2:11,12, Micah 6:4, Acts 3:22,23, 7:35-37

Verse 14

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
provoked
2 Kings 17:7-18, Ezekiel 23:2-10
most bitterly
Heb. with bitternesses. therefore.
2 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 2:33,34, Ezekiel 18:13, 24:7,8, 33:5
blood
Heb. bloods. and his.
7:16, Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Samuel 2:30, Daniel 11:18

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