Hosea 12:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: ”

Hosea 12:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He took his brother by the heel in the womb - Whether or no the act of Jacob was beyond the strength, ordinarily given to infants in the womb, the meaning of the act was beyond man’s wisdom to de...
Hosea 12:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had (d) power with God: (d) Seeing that God in this way preferred Jacob their father, Judah's ingratitude was the more to be abhor...
Hosea 12:3 - 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 12:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He took his brother. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 25:26 ). took... by the heel. Hebrew. 'akab. Hence his name Jacob. his brother . his very own brother (with. eth) . by his strength...
Hosea 12:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In all this discourse the Prophet condemns the ingratitude of the people; and then he shows how shamefully they had departed from the example of their father, in whose name they yet took pride....
Hosea 12:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1172 JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL Hosea 12:3-4 ; Hosea 12:6 . By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept and made supplication...
Hosea 12:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: He took his brother by the heel - See on Genesis 25:26 (note); Genesis 32:24 (note), etc.
Hosea 12:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: He - Jacob, contrasted with his degenerate descendants, called by his name Jacob, ( Hosea 12:2 : cf. M...
Hosea 12:3 - 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 12:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Had power. — Should be, strove. Prayers and tears were the weapons used in the memorable struggle for pardon, reconciliation, peace in the self-conquest as well as the God-conquest which was achi...
Hosea 12:3 - 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 12:3 - 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 12:3 - 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 12:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here the most honorable testimony of the Patriarch Jacob, in the record God the Holy Ghost hath been pleased to give of his conduct at Bethel in that memorable night, when expecting the furio...
Hosea 12:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He took his brother by the heel in the womb ,.... That is, Jacob took his brother Esau by the heel, as he came forth from his mother's womb; the history of it is in Genesis 25:25 . It is here obser...
Hosea 12:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Ver. 3. He took his brother by the heel in the womb ] To have hindered him if he could of the first birthr...
Hosea 12:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He took his brother by the heel in the womb From the mentioning of Jacob in the foregoing verse, the prophet takes occasion to put his posterity in mind of the particular favours God had bestowed u...
Hosea 12:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 723. 1 Ephraim feedeth...
Hosea 12:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He, Jacob, took his brother, Esau, by the heel in the womb: the matter of fact you have Genesis 25:26 ; the design of mentioning it in this place is to mind them of that goodness which God sho...
Hosea 12:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Makes A Further Appeal To Ephraim And Judah On The Basis Of What Their Ancestor Jacob Did ( Hosea 12:1-7 ). Having first stressed Ephraim's total folly and unacceptable deceitfulness, and the...
Hosea 12:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 12:3 .] Jacob was their forefather; they should imitate his good, not his bad qualities. They are descendants, but their ways contrast with his ( Micah 2:7 ). He secured t...
Hosea 12:3 - 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 12:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And by his strength he had power with God. Wrestling Jacob This story has a strange fascination for most Bible readers, due, in part, to the vividness with which it is told; in part, to the dee...
Hosea 12:3 - 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 12:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Accusation
Hosea 12:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 25:26 ; Genesis 32:24-28 ; James 5:16-18 ; Romans 9:11
Hosea 12:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — Jacob. Took his brother — The design of mentioning this is to mind them of that goodness which God shewed them in their father Jacob. His strength — This strength was not of nature, but of gra...

Hosea 12:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 12:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 12:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 12:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 12:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 12:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 12:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 12:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 12:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 12:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 12:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes