Hosea 12 - Introduction

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 Jacob seems to lift up a standard which ought to be dear to his descendants. O that Israel would yet return to his allegiance! Such is the purport of Hosea 11:12 to Hosea 12:6.