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 tabernacles.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
REQUITINGEPHRAIM HAS PROVOKED TEXT: Hosea 12:7-14 7 He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_[Hosea 12:10]_ וְ אָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Ver. 9. _And I that am thy Lord God from the land of Egypt_] Th...
_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...
ANOTHER SERIOUS REPROACH...
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...
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...
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...
Hosea 12:9 LORD H3068 God H430 land H776 Egypt H4714 dwell H3427 (H8686) tents H168 days H3117 feast...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 7:2; Exodus 20:2; Ezra 3:4; Genesis 25:27; Hebrews 11:9;...
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...