Hosea 12:2
“The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah,.... The two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, as well as the ten tribes; for…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob - The guilt of Judah was not open apostasy, nor had…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah - The rest of the prophecy belongs both to Judah and Israel. He reproaches…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Hosea 12:1-6
In these verses,
I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and Assyria, when he was in straits…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Jacob Here used for the northern kingdom, to prepare the way for the etymological allusion in Hos 12:12.
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