FEEDETH ON WIND. Compare Hosea 8:7. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. FOLLOWETH AFTER. pursueth. DAILY. all the day long DESOLATION. violence. MAKE. COVENANT, &C. Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11. OIL IS CARRIED, &C. As. present, to obtain favour and help. Compare Hosea 5:13.Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 57:9... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. PUNISH. visit upon. JACOB. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for Israel, especially the natural seed. ACCORDING. Some codices, with two early printed editions (one Rabbinic, margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and acc... [ Continue Reading ]
HE TOOK HIS BROTHER. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 25:26). TOOK... BY THE HEEL. Hebrew. _'akab._ Hence his name Jacob. HIS BROTHER. his very own brother (with. _eth)_. BY HIS STRENGTH. in his manhood: i.e. another example, later in life, but of. similar nature. HAD POWER WITH. contended with... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANGEL. Defined in Hosea 12:5. PREVAILED. He (the Angel) overcame him (Jacob). See notes on Genesis 32:28. Hence the change of Jacob's name to "Israel". God commands. HE WEPT: i.e. Jacob. This is the Figure of speech _Hysteresis_ (App-6), by which former histories are supplemented by later Divi... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN, &C. Render: "and Jehovah [is] God (_Elohim_) of the Hosts; Jehovah [is] His memorial [Name]. "This is for strong confirmation. MEMORIAL. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 3:15). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, &C. Compare Hosea 14:1. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. WAIT ON THY GOD. wait for thy God. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18). Compare Psalms 37:7; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 33:2.Mark 15:43.Luke 2:25; Lu [ Continue Reading ]
HE IS. MERCHANT. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6): [He, Ephraim, is]. merchant. This is the first of two provocations. See the Structure above; and Compare Hosea 12:14. THE BALANCES OF DECEIT. unjust balances. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36). HE LOVETH TO OPPRESS. Money was obtained by oppr... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOURS. toils. INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _'avah_. App-44. Not the same word as in Hosea 12:11. THAT WERE. which [is].... [ Continue Reading ]
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 thy Elohim from the land of Egypt, [that. have promised that]. will yet make thee to dwell in tents a... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS. Compare 2 Kings 17:13. Heb 1:1. 2 Peter 1:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THERE INIQUITY. [Surely Gilead is] iniquity: supplying the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) from the next clause. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avert._ App-44. Not the same word as Hosea 12:8. GILEAD... GILGAL... HEAPS. Heap of testimony... heap of heaps... heaps. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebre... [ Continue Reading ]
FLED... SYRIA. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 28:5.Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 26:5). App-92. SYRIA. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:5). ISRAEL SERVED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 29:18). KEPT SHEEP. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 30:31, the same Hebrew word, _shamar)_. We may sup... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. PROPHET: i.e. Moses. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:50; Exodus 12:51; Exodus 13:3.Numbers 12:6. App-92. Compare Deuteronomy 18:15). preserved. kept, as in Hosea 12:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. HIS REPROACH. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37). LORD. Hebrew. _'Adonim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]