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Hosea 12:5 KJV
Hosea · chapter 12 · verse 5
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.Hosea 12:5 · King James Version
Hosea 12:5 in context
3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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In these verses, I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and Assyria, when he was in straits (Hos 12:1): Ephraim feeds on wind, that is, feeds himself with vain hopes of assistance from man, when he is at variance with God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6