Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
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2 Kings 15:19And Phul king of the Assyrians came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver, to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 21:11Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.
Psalms 78:36And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
Jeremiah 22:22The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: and then shalt thou be confounded, and ashamed of all thy wickedness.
Hosea 4:15If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.
Hosea 7:1When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:1
In this chapter we have, I. A high charge drawn up against both Israel and Judah for their sins, which were the ground of God's controversy with them, ver. 1, 2 . Particularly the sin of fraud and injustice, which Ephraim is charged with ( ver. 7 ), and justifies himself in, ver. 8 . And the sin of idolatry ( ver. 11 ), by which God is provoked to contend with them, ver. 14 . II. The aggravations of the sins they are charged with, taken from the honour God put upon their father Jacob ( ver. 3-5 ), the advancement… Read the whole commentary →