Hosea 12:6
So turn to your God. 1 Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, 1 and wait continually for your God. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
In Context
5This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; 1 “Yahweh” is his name to be called on. 1
7The merchants have false scales in their hands; 1 they love to defraud. 1
Cross References
Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, “You must say to the Israelites, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I will be kept in mind for all generations.'
Psalms 37:7Be still before Yahweh and wait patiently for him. 1 Do not be angry if someone succeeds in what he does, 1 or when he makes evil plots. 1
Psalms 130:5I wait for Yahweh, my soul waits, 1 and in his word I hope. 1
Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and just 1 is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 1
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob; I will trust in him. 1
Isaiah 31:6Return to him from whom you have deeply turned away, people 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 →