Hosea 12:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

And I, &c. These verses (9, 10) correspond with Hosea 12:14, and give the cause of the provocation. There is an evident Ellipsis, which may be thus supplied: "And [thou forgettest that] I, Jehovah thy Elohim from the land of Egypt, [that. have promised that]. will yet make thee to dwell in tents as in the Feast of Tabernacles".

dwell in tabernacles. This is again promised in Zechariah 14:16.

tabernacles. Since the days of Nehemiah 8:17, the feast is called 'ohalim (App-40.), as here, instead of sukkoth, booths. Nehemiah's remark is superfluous unless the laws were ancient.

as in the days, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:42; Leviticus 23:43). App-92.

Hosea 12:9

9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.