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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12 - Introduction

* Judah and Israel reminded of the Divine favours. (1-6) The provocations of Israel. (7-14)

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See also Hosea 12 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART II., HOSEA 4-14. A series of addresses which give a summary of Hosea's prophetic teaching. The period presupposed seems to be the time of anarchy which followed the death of Jeroboam II (_c._ 743...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Again poetry is dispelled by prose, and the infidelity of both kingdoms forces itself on the prophet's mind. Such prose is all the more wearisome to an idealist, because the history of the patriarch J...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    THE COURSE LEADING TO DESTRUCTION -- Hosea Twelve -- The path of forsaking God always leads to sure and certain destruction. Ephraim forsook God, and courted the alliance of idolatrous nations. Such...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _A REPROOF OF EPHRAIM, JUDAH, AND JACOB. BY FORMER FAVOURS HE EXHORTETH TO REPENTANCE. EPHRAIM'S SINS PROVOKE GOD._ _Before Christ 725._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Was Hosea's marriage actual or symbolic? 2. Did God command Hosea to do something immoral in marrying a woman of harlotry? 3. Why did God command Hosea to marry an...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (f-0) (The title of this book, 'Hosea'), Strictly 'Hoshea,' meaning, 'Deliverance.' see Numbers 13:16 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 12 This 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...

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