Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
In Context
5Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me to you: This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Psalms 37:7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
Psalms 130:5let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
Proverbs 21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 31:6Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:2-7
The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 723.) 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 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. 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yea, he had power over the… Read the whole commentary →