Ephraim encompasses Me with lies - Having spoken of future repentance, conversion, and restoration, he turns back to those around him and de…

Should stand as the first verse of Hosea 12:0, just as in the Hebrew text. The rest of the prophecy appears as a distinct composition, a new commen…

And I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with dece…

I will not pause now to recite the opinions of others, nor does it seem necessary. I might indeed have referred in the last verse to what some say …

Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel
with deceit
Here proper…

God is slow to anger and is unwilling to abandon a people to utter ruin who have been called by His name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin …