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Verse 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 mi...
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AND I, THE LORD THY GOD FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT - God, in few words,
comprises whole centuries of blessings, all, from the going out of
Egypt to that very day, all the miracles in Egypt, in the wildern...
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CHAPTER S 11:12-12:14 THE INDICTMENT
_ 1. Ephraim's indictment (Hosea 11:12; Hosea 12:1) _
2. Remembrance of the past (Hosea 12:3)
3. What Israel had become ...
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HOSEA 11:12 TO HOSEA 12:14 (= Hebrews 12:1). 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 d...
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AND I, &C. These verses (9, 10) correspond with Hosea 12:14, and give
the cause of the provocation. There is an evident _Ellipsis_, which
may be thus supplied: "And [thou forgettest that] I, Jehovah t...
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Not Israel, but Canaan should he be called; for his ideal is Canaan's.
The end justifies the means, and his end is to become rich! But how
bitterly will he be disappointed. He must in short begin his...
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_And I_ Rather, FOR I. It is explanatory of the vague hint of an
inexorable doom.
_thy God from the land of Egypt_ Who is therefore ever ready to help
you (Isaiah 46:3), but who will also, if necessa...
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_PAYING FOR DISHONESTY IN BUSINESS -- HOSEA 12:7-10:_ Israel had
become deceitful. They enjoyed cheating and taking advantage of other
people. These dishonest people would use a heavy weight to buy wi...
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AND I—WILL YET MAKE, &C.— _I, the Lord thy God, brought thee out
of the land of Egypt, till I gave thee such a habitation in tents as
thou hast in the days of the solemn feast;_ meaning that of
_taber...
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REQUITINGEPHRAIM HAS PROVOKED
TEXT: Hosea 12:7-14
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He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth
to oppress.
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And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me...
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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.
AND - rather, 'And yet.'
I, THAT AM THE LORD THY GOD FROM THE...
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AND] RV 'But.' In spite of all this I will not leave you to your evil
ways.
TABERNACLES] RV 'tents.' Israel had learned nothing since the days in
the wilderness. In religion and morality they were st...
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A REPROOF OF COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY
The Hebrew text divides the chapter more correctly at this v. The
prophet returns to the subject of the unfaithfulness both of Israel
and of Judah. They have sought...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 12
V1 There is much that the people of Israel do from morning to night.
But it has no worth. They tell lies and they destroy thi...
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TABERNACLES. — The prophet here speaks of Israel’s moral
restoration under the form of a return to “the old ideal of simple
agricultural life, in which every good gift is received directly from
Jehova...
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_[Hosea 12:10]_ וְ אָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵ...
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THE FINAL ARGUMENT
Hosea 12:1 - Hosea 14:1
THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no
means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim?
how am I to let thee...
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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...
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In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His
present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal
reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
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And I [that am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in (i) the days of the solemn feast.
(i) Seeing you will not acknowledge my benefits, I will bri...
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_Egypt. At Sinai the covenant between God and Israel was chiefly
ratified. The former ceased not to perform the conditions, but the
latter repaid him with ingratitude. --- Feast. The people shall be
b...
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The Prophet here follows up the just and becoming resolution which
ought to take place in every heart of Jacob's children, whether
Ephraim or Judah, in pursuing the steps of their father. And he goes...
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The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy
Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so
much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
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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...
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The Spirit presents another aspect of the relationship of Israel with
God. He would punish Ephraim, and the sins of Judah should be
remembered. But He reminds them, that there was a time when Jacob
co...
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AND I [THAT AM] THE LORD THY GOD FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Ephraim
being so very corrupt in things, both religious and civil, and so very
impenitent and impudent, is let alone to suffer the just pun...
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_I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt_ From the time I
brought thee out of it: _will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles_
That is, in thy habitations, quietly and joyfully, as in festiv...
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And I that am the Lord, thy God, from the land of Egypt, where He
first revealed the greatness of His mercy toward Israel, WILL YET MAKE
THEE TO DWELL IN TABERNACLES AS IN THE DAYS OF THE SOLEMN FEAST...
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ANOTHER SERIOUS REPROACH...
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7-14 Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite.
They carried on trade upon Canaanitish principles, covetously and with
fraud and deceit. Thus they became rich, and falsely suppos...
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AND, or but, I the Lord thy God, who forbade thy frauds and gave thee
wealth, and am forgotten in both, thou fearest not mine anger and
sinnest; thou forgettest that I give thee power to get wealth, a...
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Hosea 12:9 LORD H3068 God H430 land H776 Egypt H4714 dwell H3427
(H8686) tents H168 days H3117 feast...
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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
RESTORATIO...
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‘But I am YHWH your God from the land of Egypt, I will yet again
make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.'
In reply YHWH reminded them of Who He was. He was not a comfortable
Ca...
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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).
This p...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Further reproof of Israel's
sins.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who make creatures and things their confidence, put
a cheat upon their own souls, and pr...
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Hosea 12:4. _He found him in Bethel._ Christ, the angel, the mystical
angel, or the Angel the Word, as St. Clemens of Alexandria calls him:
so indeed do all the orthodox fathers. The church knows of n...
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_Make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn
feast._
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES AS A TYPE
This feast was the yearly remembrance Of God’s miraculous guidance
and support of Israel th...
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_He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth
to oppress, etc._
FORTUNES
I. Fortunes badly used.
1. Here there is no recognition of human co-operation. No man comes in
posses...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 12:2 Hosea recounts incidents from Israel’s
past in order to display the Lord’s enduring kindness and Israel’s
stubborn ingratitude.
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Hosea 12:7. Merchant] Marg. a Canaanite, a heathen, unlike Israel, to
whom Canaanites were a reproach (Ezekiel 16:3). OPPRESS] Lit. deceive.
Men whose trade is deceit, whose balance...
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EXPOSITION
In Hosea 12:1 God continues his complaint against Ephraim, charging
them specially with the pursuit of vain and futile courses to their
great detriment. Instead of repairing to the true and...
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Ephraim feeds on the wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily
increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the
Assyrians (Hsa Hosea 12:1),
They tried to escape the destructi...
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2 Samuel 7:2; Exodus 20:2; Ezra 3:4; Genesis 25:27; Hebrews 11:9;...
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From Egypt — From the time I brought thee out of it. In tabernacles
— I have given thee all these blessings and comforts, expressed
proverbially in allusion to the joy which they had at the feast of
t...