Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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2 Kings 15:19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
2 Chronicles 21:11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.
Psalms 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Jeremiah 22:22The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
Hosea 4:15“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As the LORD lives.’
Hosea 7:1When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:1
In this chapter we have, I. A high charge drawn up against both Israel and Judah for their sins, which were the ground of God's controversy with them, ver. 1, 2 . Particularly the sin of fraud and injustice, which Ephraim is charged with ( ver. 7 ), and justifies himself in, ver. 8 . And the sin of idolatry ( ver. 11 ), by which God is provoked to contend with them, ver. 14 . II. The aggravations of the sins they are charged with, taken from the honour God put upon their father Jacob ( ver. 3-5 ), the advancement… Read the whole commentary →