Hosea 12:10 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 12:10

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

BSB

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ASV

I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

KJV

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

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Commentary

4 voices

Irenaeus

AGAINST HERESIES 4:20.6 (202)

For certain of these men used to see the prophetic Spirit and His active influences poured forth for all kinds of gifts; others, again, [beheld] the advent of the Lord, and that dispensation which obtained from the beginning, by which He accomplished the will of the Father with regard to things both celestial and terrestrial; and others [beheld] paternal glories adapted to the times, and to those who saw and who heard them then, and to all who were subsequently to hear them.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Hosea 12:9-10 (420)

"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."

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I have also spoken - I have used every means, and employed every method, to instruct and save you. I have sent prophets, who spake plainly, exhorting, warning, and beseeching you to return to me. They have had Divine visions, which they have declared and interpreted. They have used similitudes, symbols, metaphors, allegories, etc., in order to fix your attention, and bring you back to your duty and interest. And, alas! all is in vain; you have not profited by my condescension.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 206: “Everybody's Sermon” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1858)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙	ve.di.Bar.ti	and I spoke	H1696 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים	ha.ne.vi.'Im	the prophets	H5030 →
וְאָנֹכִ֖י	ve.'a.no.Khi	and I	H595 →
חָז֣וֹן	cha.Zon	vision[s]	H2377 →
הִרְבֵּ֑יתִי	hir.Bei.ti	I multiplied	H7235 →
וּבְיַ֥ד	u.ve.Yad	and by [the] hand of	H3027 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים	ha.ne.vi.'Im	the prophets	H5030 →
אֲדַמֶּֽה׃	'a.da.Meh	I gave parables	H1819 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joel 2:28
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
leads to
- Acts 2:16–21
  No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Acts 2:39
  This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Isaiah 32:15
  until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Acts 2:2–4
  Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Through
2 Kings 17:13
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
  (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
Through
Jeremiah 7:25
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:4
  And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15
  Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hosea