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Verse 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,...
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EPHRAIM PROVOKED - the Lord most bitterly Literally, “with
bitternesses,” i. e., with most heinous sins, such as are most
grievously displeasing to God, and were a most bitter requital of all
His good...
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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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EPHRAIRN. As represented by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:25; 1 Kings 13:5),
and Hoshea (2 Kings 17:11).
HE. God.
BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for
blood-guiltiness....
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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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This verse would be less abrupt if it immediately followed Hosea
12:11, of which it might be taken to furnish a fuller justification.
_provoked_ Rather, HATH PROVOKED.
_therefore shall he leave his b...
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_ISRAEL PROVOKED GOD TO ANGER -- HOSEA 12:11-14:_ Gilead was a large
area in Palestine known for producing many healing items but they had
become terribly sinful. Now they will end up in ruin. Bulls w...
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EPHRAIM PROVOKED HIM, &C.— _Ephraim hath provoked the extremest
anger. His blood shall be sprinkled upon him; and his reproach,_ &c.
Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have here,
1. The folly of _Ephrai...
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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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Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave
his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
EPHRAIM PROVOKED HIM TO ANGER MOST BITTERLY - "Him," i:e....
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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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EPHRAIM.. BITTERLY] In spite of all this kindness Ephraim had provoked
God to great anger. HIS BLOOD] plural, meaning 'bloodshed.' The blood
which he has shed shall not be wiped off, but remain in God...
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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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But the rift in the clouds closes again, and another severe rebuke
follows. “Jacob” and “Israel” give place to the proud tribal
name of Ephraim. This portion of the whole house of Israel incurs the
ch...
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_[Hosea 12:15]_ הִכְעִ֥יס אֶפְרַ֖יִם
תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים וְ דָמָיו֙...
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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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_Him. He shall suffer for his crimes. (Menochius) --- He can blame
only himself. (Calmet)_...
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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, Reader! and behold how God honored the Patriarch Jacob, a
thousand years after his ashes had been mouldering in the dust! Behold
what praise the Lord bestowed upon his servant's gal...
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The Holy Ghost is here again pleased to refer to the history of Jacob,
and affectionately speaks of him and his love. But if Jacob be so
spoken of under those endearments of character; what must we sa...
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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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The Prophet says first, that _Ephraim had provoked God by his high
places _Some, however, take the word תמרורים, _tamerurim, _for
bitternesses. Then it is, “Israel or Ephraim have provoked God to
bitt...
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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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EPHRAIM PROVOKED [HIM] TO ANGER MOST BITTERLY,.... The Vulgate Latin
version supplies it, me; that is, God, as Kimchi; or his Lord, as it
may be supplied from the last clause of the verse; the sense i...
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Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he
leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto
him.
Ver. 14. _Ephraim hath provoked him to anger, most bitterl...
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_Ephraim provoked him to anger_, &c. Notwithstanding all God's favours
showed to these people and their ancestors, they provoked him by their
idolatries and other sins in a most outrageous manner. The...
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ANOTHER SERIOUS REPROACH...
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Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly, in spite of all the
blessings which God had showered upon His people; THEREFORE SHALL HE,
the Lord, LEAVE HIS BLOOD UPON HIM, leave Israel in his
blood-gui...
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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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EPHRAIM PROVOKED HIM TO ANGER MOST BITTERLY: after all the means used
from time to time to reclaim idolatrous sinning Israel, yet still they
provoked God to indignation by their idolatries, perjuries,...
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Hosea 12:14 Ephraim H669 anger H3707 (H8689) bitterly H8563 Lord H113
leave H5203 (H8799) bloodshed H1818 return...
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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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‘Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly, therefore will his
blood be left on him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.'
Once again Hosea ends a passage with a judgment on Israel. He had...
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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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_Therefore shall He leave his blood upon him._
THE BLOOD-FIGURE: SIN AND GUILT LEFT UPON THE SINNER
That is, he shall bring his sin upon his own head. Those that be
wilful in sin, their blood be upon...
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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 12:11. Vanity] The question strengthens the affirmation. All was
to no purpose. Warnings unheeded, altars as numerous as heaps of
stones gathered out of the field, and scenes...
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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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1 Kings 2:33; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Kings 17:7; 2 Samuel 1:16
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His blood — He shall bear the punishment of all his blood; his
murders of the innocent, and his own guilt too. His reproach — Which
Ephraim hath cast upon the prophets, the worshippers of God, and on...