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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. See also: Hosea 11:12 Hosea 5:13 Hosea 8:7The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. See also: Micah 6:2 Hosea 4:1 Isaiah 10:6In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God. See also: Genesis 25:26 Genesis 32:24-28 James 5:16-18Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us— See also: Genesis 35:15 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Malachi 3:1even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown! See also: Exodus 3:15 Isaiah 42:8 Psalms 135:13Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. See also: Micah 6:8 Micah 7:7 Hosea 14:1A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. See also: Amos 8:5-6 Micah 6:10-11 Proverbs 11:1Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.” See also: Revelation 3:17 Psalms 62:10 Deuteronomy 8:17“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. See also: Hosea 13:4 Leviticus 23:40-43 Psalms 81:10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. See also: 2 Kings 17:13 Ezekiel 20:49 Joel 2:28If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field. See also: Hosea 6:8 Hosea 8:11 Hosea 4:15Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds. See also: Genesis 29:18-28 Genesis 31:41 Genesis 27:43By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. See also: Acts 3:22-23 Psalms 77:20 Exodus 12:50-51Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt. See also: Ezekiel 18:13 Daniel 11:18 2 Kings 17:7-18

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)13 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Hosea 12:1

Ver. 1. On. Lit. the wind. H. --- To trust in men is no less vain. W. --- Sept.

"Ephraim is an evil spirit," &c. --- Heat. Heb. "eastern or burning wind." H. ---

Manahem attempted to engage Egypt on his side, but he was frustrated in his hopes, (4 K. xv. S. Jer.) as Osee was likewise; to which king the sense conducts us better. C. xiii. 15. --- Oil. That of Palestine was very excellent.

Ezec. xxvii. 17.

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Hosea 12:2

Ver. 2. Judgment. Heb. "trial." What follows refers to all the people, whose impiety is contrasted with Jacob's virtue.

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Hosea 12:3

Ver. 3. Brother Esau, thus foreshewing what would happen. Gen. xxv. --- Angel.

Sept. "God,"

whose place this angel held. Elohim implies both. v. 4. Gen. xxxii. 24.

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Hosea 12:4

Ver. 4. Wept. Sept. "they wept, and besought me." Other interpreters agree with the Vulg. ---

Us. By changing a vowel point, in Hebrew, it might be, "He spoke to him." Cap.

Grot. --- The most magnificent promises were made, at Bethel, regarding the Israelites: this made the profanation of the place more horrible. C. --- Sept.

"They found me in the house of On, and there the word was addressed to them." --- Bethaven was the name of Bethel, among the pious Jews, in the days of Osee. H.

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Hosea 12:5

Ver. 5. Memorial, and the object of worship; or this great Jehovah spoke to Jacob.

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Hosea 12:7

Ver. 7. Chanaan. The Phœnicians were so called, and all merchants. Here the title is given reproachfully (C.) to all the posterity of Jacob. H. --- None more ignominious could be used.

Dan. xiii. 56. Thus Rome is styled Babylon.

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Hosea 12:8

Ver. 8. Idol. Heb. also, "vanity." Riches are vain, and lead to idolatry when people place their affections on them. Mat. xiii. 22. Eph. v. 5. --- Committed. I am conscious of no injustice. C. ---

Yet he had used a deceitful balance, and his judgment is equally perverse. H.

--- "What rich man shall be saved?" Clem. Alex.

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Hosea 12:9

Ver. 9. Egypt. At Sinai the covenant between God and Israel was chiefly ratified. The former ceased not to perform the conditions, but the latter repaid him with ingratitude. --- Feast. The people shall be brought back, (C.) or they shall again be forced to dwell under tents. Theod. ---

"Shall I still cause?" &c. Tournemine.

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Hosea 12:10

Ver. 10. Prophets. They have represented me as it were under visible forms, that you cannot plead ignorance. The prophets prefigured Christ, the end of the law, &c. C.

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Hosea 12:11

Ver. 11. Idol. That is, if Galaad, with all its idols and sacrifices, be like a mere idol itself, being brought to nothing by Theglathphalassar, how vain is it to expect that the idols worshipped in Galgal shall be of any service to the tribes that remain. Ch. --- Will these idols be more powerful? Sept. copies vary. Rom.

ed. has Galaad, and Comp. Galgal in both places. But that of S. Jer. and of Theodoret is better. --- Heaps of stones. They are in ruins, or very numerous: (C.) yet have not secured the country. H.

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Hosea 12:12

Ver. 12. Jacob. The history of the patriarch, and of his posterity, serves to place the ingratitude of the people in the clearest light. W. --- The prophet had interrupted the account of Jacob, (v. 4.) who had signalized his piety in Galaad.

Gen. xxxi. 46.

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Hosea 12:13

Ver. 13. Prophet. Josue put the people in possession of the country, and offered sacrifice at Galgal, where the rite of circumcision was performed. This place is now defiled. What perfidy (H.) and ingratitude. C.

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Hosea 12:14

Ver. 14. Him. He shall suffer for his crimes. M. --- He can blame only himself. C.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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