Hosea 12:13
But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was pre- served by a prophet.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
In Context
12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
Cross References
Genesis 28:2But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy uncle.
Exodus 12:50And all the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Deuteronomy 26:5And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.
Psalms 77:20Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.
Hosea 13:4But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.
Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of slaves: and I sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron, and Mary.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:8-14
Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. ( b. c. 723.) 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 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. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used… Read the whole commentary →