Hosea 12:5

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. The Lord is his memorial - He is the same God as when Jacob so successfully wrestled with him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even the Lord God of Hosts, the Lord is His memorial - The word, here as translated and written Lord, is the special and, so to say, the proper N...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Even, &c. Render: "and Jehovah [is] God ( Elohim ) of the Hosts; Jehovah [is] His memorial [Name]. "This is for strong confirmation. memorial...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord is his memorial— The person, of whom it is here said, that the name Lord or JEHOVAH is his memorial, is no other than he whom the patr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. Even the Lord God - Yahweh ( H3068 ), a name implying His immutable constancy to H...
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 unfaith...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lord God of hosts. — See Cheyne’s Isaiah, vol. 1, pp. 11, 12, and Nowack’s commentary on this passage. Probably the hosts were the stars which we...
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 salvati...
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 hi...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even the Lord God of hosts ,.... The God Jacob had power over, the Angel he prevailed with, to whom he made supplication with weeping, and who spake...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial. Ver. 5. Even the Lord God of hosts ] Lo, he it is who promised, who spake with us at Bethe...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He had power over the angel Called God, Hosea 12:3 , and Jehovah, God of hosts, Hosea 12:5 , namely, God by nature and essence, and an angel by o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 723....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Even, or and, he that appeared and spake, who promised the blessing, and commanded the reformation at Beth-el, was the Lord, Jehovah, the eternal...
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 t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

AN APPEAL IS MADE TO JACOB'S EXAMPLE WHICH SIMPLY SERVES TO REVEAL ISRAEL'S PARLOUS STATE AND GUARANTEES THE COMING JUDGMENT OF DESTRUCTION AND THE...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had power with God, yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed. He wept, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 12:5 . Lord] A name which implies constancy, by which God is distinguished and ever remembered ( Exodus 3:15 ; Psalms 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 inde...
The Biblical Illustrator

Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial. The name Jehovah as a memorial To stir them up to present duty, Hosea describes God, who...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Accusation
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

even the Lord God of hosts, the most exalted Ruler of the universe. The Lord is his memorial, who had revealed Himself to the patriarchs as the God...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 3:15 ; Genesis 28:16 ; Genesis 32:30 ; Isaiah 42:8 ; Psalms 135:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord God of hosts — He that appeared and spake, who promised the blessing and commanded the reformation at Beth — el was Jehovah, the eternal a...

⁵ Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 12:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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