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Hosea 12:6
Hosea 12:6
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Hosea 12 — OverviewHosea 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A high charge drawn up against both Israel
and Judah for their sins, which were the ground of God's controversy
with them, ver. 1, 2. Particularly the sin of fraud and injustice,…Hosea 12 — OverviewHosea 12 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHosea 12:1, A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob; Hosea 12:3, By former favours he exhorts to repentance; Hosea 12:7, Ephraim’s sins provoke God.Hosea 12 — OverviewHosea 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains complaints and charges both against Israel and Judah, and threatens them with punishment in case they repent not, which they are exhorted to: and first Ephraim is charged with idolatry, vain…Hosea 12:1-6Hosea 12:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn these verses,
I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and
Assyria, when he was in straits (v. 1): Ephraim feeds on wind, that is,
feeds himself with vain hopes of assistance from man,…Hosea 12:1-6Hosea 12:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryReproof, retrospect, and exhortation.
Ephraim is reproved for the pursuit of empty and vain courses, and courses detrimental to their best and real interests. Judah is included in the threatening which follows. They…Hosea 12:1-14Hosea 12:1-14 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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