Hosea 12:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. ”

Hosea 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By a prophet was he preserved - Or “kept.” Jacob “kept sheep” out of love of God, sooner than unite himself with one, alien from God; his posterity “was kept” like a sheep by God, as the Psalmist...
Hosea 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And by a (m) prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. (m) Meaning Moses, by which appears that whatever they have, it comes from God's free goodness.
Hosea 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:12 to Hosea 12:14 (= Hebrews 12:1-15 ). 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...
Hosea 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by. prophet: i.e. Moses. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 12:50 ; Exodus 12:51 ; Exodus 13:3 . Numbers 12:6-8 . App-92. Compare Deuteronomy 18:15 ). preserved. kept, as in Hosea 12:12 .
Hosea 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

And God, he says, brought you up by a Prophet from Egypt, and by a Prophet you have been preserved This was, as it were, their second nativity. Some think that the comparison is between the...
Hosea 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. By a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet (Joshua) was he preserved - Joshu...
Hosea 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. And by a prophet - Moses, the highest kind of prophet ( Numbers 12:6-8 ; Deuteronomy 18:15 ; Deuter...
Hosea 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 sou...
Hosea 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A prophet. — Moses is here referred to, and there is, perhaps, a hint that the Lord would yet again save Israel from worse than Egyptian bondage by the words and warnings of a prophet.
Hosea 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - 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...
Hosea 12:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Hosea 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hosea 12:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost is here again pleased to refer to the history of Jacob, and affectionately speaks of him and his love. But if Jacob be so spoken of under those endearments of character; what must we s...
Hosea 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt ,.... Or, "by the prophet"; the famous and most excellent prophet Moses, who, by way of eminency, is so called; him the Lord sent, and employed,...
Hosea 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. Ver. 13. And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt ] That is, Gilead served as a sanctuary unt...
Hosea 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is there iniquity in Gilead? Or, Was there idolatry in Gilead? as the word און often signifies. Surely they are vanity, &c., in Gilgal The tribes settled about Gilead beyond Jordan, were al...
Hosea 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. B. C. 723. 7 He is...
Hosea 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By a prophet, by Moses, the Lord brought Israel, your forefathers, out of Egypt; where they had been bondmen two hundred and fifteen years, or near upon it, old slaves, or vassals for some descen...
Hosea 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 12:8-14 )....
Hosea 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 12:11 . Vanity] The question strengthens the affirmation. All was to no purpose. Warnings unheeded, altars as numerous as heaps of stones gathered out of the field, and sc...
Hosea 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Hosea 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION In Hosea 12:1-28 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 t...
Hosea 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Another Serious Reproach
Hosea 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:8 ; Acts 3:22 ; Acts 3:23 ; Acts 7:35-37 ; Amos 2:11 ; Amos 2:12 ; Exodus 12:50 ; Exodus 12:51 ; Exodus 13:3 ; Hosea 13:4 ; Hosea 13:5 ; Isaiah 63:11 ; Isaiah 63:12 ; Micah...
Hosea 12:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A prophet — By Moses. Israel — Your forefathers. Preserved — In the wilderness. The aim of the prophet seems to be this, to prevent their vain pride, and boasting of their ancestors.

Hosea 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 12:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 12:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes