Hosea 12:9
And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8As for Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
Cross References
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 23:40And on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year.
Numbers 15:41I am the Lord your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Ezra 3:4And they kept the feast of tabernacles, according to that which was written, and offered whole burnt offerings daily in number according to the ordinance, the exact daily rate.
Psalms 49:7Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: 1 And I will testify to thee: 1 I am God, thy God. 1
Proverbs 30:12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
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 →