Hosea 12:9
in Hosea 12But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Hosea 12
Commentary
8 notes on this verse"And I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt; I will make you dwell in tabernacles as in the days of the feast. And I spoke to the prophets, and I multiplied visions, and by the hand of the prophets I was likened."
This site's exposition
will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles
on Hosea 12:9-10
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 points to the feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:39-43), the Lord promising a return to the wilderness simplicity of the exodus years, discipline recalling the nation to what it was before prosperity corrupted it. I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes names the whole prophetic ministry, parable and vision alike, as the Lord's patient method of address across generations, a witness Israel had no excuse for missing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
5 Even the L ORD God of hosts; the L ORD is his memorial. 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and Assyria, when he was in straits (
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Note, It is just with God, when men have by their sins turned their tents into houses, by his judgments to turn their houses into tents again. However, that is certainly a threatening (
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And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And--rather, "And yet." Though Israel deserves to be cast off for ever, yet I am still what I have been from the time of My delivering them out of Egypt, their covenant God; therefore, "I will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles," that is, to keep the feast of tabernacles again in remembrance of a new deliverance out of bondage.
And I - the Lord thy God - I who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, will again make thee to dwell in tabernacles. This appears to be a threatening. I will reduce you to as miserable a state in the land of your captivity, as you often were through your transgressions in the wilderness. This was the opinion of some of the ancients on this verse; and the context requires it to be understood in this way. I do not think that the feast of tabernacles is referred to.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And I, the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt - God, in few words, comprises whole centuries of blessings, all, from the going out of Egypt to that very day, all the miracles in Egypt, in the wilderness, under Joshua, the Judges; one stream of benefits it had been, which God had poured out upon them from first to last. The penitent sees in one glance, how God had been “his” God, from his birth until that hour, and how he had all along offended God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I will yet make you dwell in tents I will cut off from your midst deceitful traffickers, and I will cause you to dwell in tents. I will set up from among you students engaging in the Torah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָנֹכִ֛י | veanokhi | and I | H595 → | 359 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | [have been] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| עֹ֛ד | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥ | ʾoshivekha | I will cause to dwell you | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָאֳהָלִ֖ים | voohalim | in tents | H168 → | |
| כִּימֵ֥י | kimei | like [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | an appointed feast | H4150 → | 223 times |
וְאָנֹכִ֛יand I
veanokhiH595 →359 times
יְהוָ֥ה[have been] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
עֹ֛דagain
ʾodH5750 →490 times
אוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥I will cause to dwell you
ʾoshivekhaH3427 →1079 times
בָאֳהָלִ֖יםin tents
voohalimH168 →
כִּימֵ֥יlike [the] days of
kimeiH3117 →2304 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃an appointed feast
moedH4150 →223 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
it leads to
- John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Psalms 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Revelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- John 15:7
Through
Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
it leads to
- Isaiah 45:21–22
Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but…
- Exodus 20:2–3
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Isaiah 43:10–13
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…
- Isaiah 45:21–22
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 12:9-10; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.