Hosea 12:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. ”

Hosea 12:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephraim provoked - the Lord most bitterly Literally, “with bitternesses,” i. e., with most heinous sins, such as are most grievously displeasing to God, and were a most bitter requital of all His...
Hosea 12:14 - 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 12:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephrairn. As represented by Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12:25 ; 1 Kings 13:5 ), and Hoshea ( 2 Kings 17:11-23 ). He . God. blood. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for blood-guilt...
Hosea 12:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet says first, that Ephraim had provoked God by his high places Some, however, take the word תמרורים, tamerurim, for bitternesses. Then it is, “Israel or Ephraim have provoked G...
Hosea 12:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. Therefore shall he leave his blood upon him - He will not...
Hosea 12:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephraim provoked him, &c.— Ephraim hath provoked the extremest anger. His blood shall be sprinkled upon him; and his reproach, &c. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, We have here, 1. The...
Hosea 12:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly - "Him,"...
Hosea 12:14 - 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 12:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But the rift in the clouds closes again, and another severe rebuke follows. “Jacob” and “Israel” give place to the proud tribal name of Ephraim. This portion of the whole house of Israel incurs the c...
Hosea 12:14 - 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 12:14 - 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 12:14 - 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 12:14 - 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 12:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly ,.... The Vulgate Latin version supplies it, me; that is, God, as Kimchi; or his Lord, as it may be supplied from the last clause of the verse; the sens...
Hosea 12:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. Ver. 14. Ephraim hath provoked him to anger, most bitte...
Hosea 12:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephraim provoked him to anger , &c. Notwithstanding all God's favours showed to these people and their ancestors, they provoked him by their idolatries and other sins in a most outrageous manner...
Hosea 12:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. B. C. 723. 7 He is...
Hosea 12:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: after all the means used from time to time to reclaim idolatrous sinning Israel, yet still they provoked God to indignation by their idolatries, perjuri...
Hosea 12:14 - 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 12:14 - 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 12:14 - 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 12:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore shall He leave his blood upon him. The blood-figure: sin and guilt left upon the sinner That is, he shall bring his sin upon his own head. Those that be wilful in sin, their blood be...
Hosea 12:14 - 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 12:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Another Serious Reproach
Hosea 12:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:33 ; 1 Kings 2:34 ; 1 Samuel 2:30 ; 2 Kings 17:7-18 ; 2 Samuel 1:16 ; Daniel 11:18 ; Deuteronomy 28:37 ; Ezekiel 18:13 ; Ezekiel 23:2-10 ; Ezekiel 24:7 ; Ezekiel 24:8 ; Ezekiel...
Hosea 12:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His blood — He shall bear the punishment of all his blood; his murders of the innocent, and his own guilt too. His reproach — Which Ephraim hath cast upon the prophets, the worshippers of God, and...

Hosea 12:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 12:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 12:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 12:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 12:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 12:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 12:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 12:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes