Hosea 11:12
“Ephraim has surrounded Me with feigning, || And the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is again ruling with God, || And [is] faithful with the Holy Ones!”
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2 Kings 18:4he has turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the Asherah, and beaten down the bronze serpent that Moses made, for up to these days the sons of Israel were making incense to it, and he calls it “a piece of bronze.”
Psalms 78:36And they deceive Him with their mouth, || And lie to Him with their tongue,
Isaiah 44:20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, || It has turned him aside, || And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Hosea 4:2Swearing, and lying, and murdering, || And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, || And blood has touched against blood.
Hosea 7:16They turn back—not to the Most High, || They have been as a deceitful bow, || Their princes fall by sword, || From the insolence of their tongue, || This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!”
Hosea 12:7Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:9-12
The Divine Forbearance. ( b. c. 730.) 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. 10 They shall walk after the Lord : he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the… Read the whole commentary →