--- title: "Bullinger" description: "feedeth on wind. Compare Hosea 8:7 . wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . followeth after = pursueth. daily = all the day long desolation = violence. make" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/12" --- **feedeth on wind.** Compare [Hosea 8:7](../../../kjv/hosea/8/7) . **wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . **followeth after** = pursueth. **daily** = all the day long **desolation** = violence. **make a covenant, &c.** Compare [Hosea 5:13](../../../kjv/hosea/5/13) ; [Hosea 7:11](../../../kjv/hosea/7/11) . **oil is carried, &c.** As a present, to obtain favour and help. Compare [Hosea 5:13](../../../kjv/hosea/5/13) .[Isaiah 30:2-7](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/2-7) ; [Isaiah 57:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/9) . See [2 Kings 17:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/4) . **The LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **punish** = visit upon. **Jacob.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for Israel, especially the natural seed. **according.** Some codices, with two early printed editions (one Rabbinic, margin), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and according". **recompense** = requite, or repay. **He took his brother.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 25:26](../../../kjv/genesis/25/26) ). **took . . . by the heel.** Hebrew. *'akab.* Hence his name Jacob. **his brother** = his very own brother (with ' *eth)* . **by his strength** = in his manhood: i.e. another example, later in life, but of a similar nature. **had power with** = contended with ( *Oxford Gesenius,* p. 40). Hebrew Sarah. (Hence his name Israel). The event is referred to only here, and [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) . See note there. **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with ' *eth)* = God Himself. App-4 . **the Angel.** Defined in [Hosea 12:5](../../../kjv/hosea/12/5) . **prevailed** = He (the Angel) overcame him (Jacob). See notes on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) . Hence the change of Jacob's name to "Israel" = God commands. **he wept:** i.e. Jacob. This is the Figure of speech *Hysteresis* ( App-6 ), by which former histories are supplemented by later Divine inspiration. **He found him:** i.e. God found Jacob in Beth-el. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 28:17](../../../kjv/genesis/28/17) , [Genesis 28:19](../../../kjv/genesis/28/19) ). Note the implied contrast, Beth-el being now the seat of idolatry. **He spake** = Jehovah spake. See next verse. **with us.** Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, and Syriac read "with him". **Even, &c.** Render: "and Jehovah [is] God ( *Elohim* ) of the Hosts; Jehovah [is] His memorial [Name]. "This is for strong confirmation. **memorial.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 3:15](../../../kjv/exodus/3/15) ). App-92 . **Therefore, &c.** Compare [Hosea 14:1](../../../kjv/hosea/14/1) . **mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace. **wait on thy God** = wait for thy God. Ref to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:18](../../../kjv/genesis/49/18) ). Compare [Psalms 37:7](../../../kjv/psalms/37/7) . [Isaiah 25:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/9) ; [Isaiah 26:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/8) ; [Isaiah 33:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/2) .[Mark 15:43](../../../kjv/mark/15/43) .[Luke 2:25](../../../kjv/luke/2/25) ; [Luke 23:51](../../../kjv/luke/23/51) . **He is a merchant.** Supply the *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ): [He, Ephraim, is] a merchant. This is the first of two provocations. See the Structure above; and Compare [Hosea 12:14](../../../kjv/hosea/12/14) . **the balances of deceit** = unjust balances. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 19:36](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/36) ). **he loveth to oppress.** Money was obtained by oppression. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 6:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/2) ; [Leviticus 19:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/13) ). App-92 . **oppress** = defraud. **labours** = toils. **iniquity** = perversity. Hebrew. *'avah* . App-44 . Not the same word as in [Hosea 12:11](../../../kjv/hosea/12/11) . **that were** = which [is]. **And I, &c.** These verses (9, 10) correspond with [Hosea 12:14](../../../kjv/hosea/12/14) , and give the cause of the provocation. There is an evident *Ellipsis* , which may be thus supplied: "And [thou forgettest that] I, Jehovah thy Elohim from the land of Egypt, [that I have promised that] I will yet make thee to dwell in tents as in the Feast of Tabernacles". **dwell in tabernacles.** This is again promised in [Zechariah 14:16](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/16) . **tabernacles.** Since the days of [Nehemiah 8:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/8/17) , the feast is called *'ohalim* ( App-40 .), as here, instead of *sukkoth,* booths. Nehemiah's remark is superfluous unless the laws were ancient. **as in the days, &c.** Ref to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 23:42](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/42) , [Leviticus 23:43](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/43) ). App-92 . **spoken by the prophets.** Compare [2 Kings 17:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/13) . Heb 1:1 . [2 Peter 1:21](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/21) . **Is there iniquity** = [Surely Gilead is] iniquity: supplying the *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) from the next clause. **iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avert.* App-44 . Not the same word as [Hosea 12:8](../../../kjv/hosea/12/8) . **Gilead . . . Gilgal . . . heaps.** Heap of testimony . . . heap of heaps . . . heaps. Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ). Hebrew. *Gil'ad . . . Gilgal . . gallim.* **fled . . . Syria.** Ref to Pentateuch ([Genesis 28:5](../../../kjv/genesis/28/5) .[Deuteronomy 26:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/5); [Deuteronomy 26:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/5) ). App-92 . **Syria.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 26:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/5) ). **Israel served, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 29:18](../../../kjv/genesis/29/18) ). **kept sheep.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 30:31](../../../kjv/genesis/30/31) , the same Hebrew word, *shamar)* . We may supply the connecting thought: "[yet in after days] Israel was brought out of Egypt . . . and preserved [in the wilderness]". **by a prophet:** i.e. Moses. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 12:50](../../../kjv/exodus/12/50) , [Exodus 12:51](../../../kjv/exodus/12/51) ; [Exodus 13:3](../../../kjv/exodus/13/3) .[Numbers 12:6-8](../../../kjv/numbers/12/6-8) . App-92 . Compare [Deuteronomy 18:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/15) ). preserved = kept, as in [Hosea 12:12](../../../kjv/hosea/12/12) . **Ephrairn.** As represented by Jeroboam ([1 Kings 12:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/25) , [1 Kings 13:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/5) ), and Hoshea ([2 Kings 17:11-23](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/11-23) ). **He** = God. **blood.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), App-6 , for blood-guiltiness. **his reproach.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:37](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/37) ). **LORD.** Hebrew. *'Adonim.* App-4 . ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/12#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/12#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/12","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 12","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/hosea/12#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"feedeth on wind. 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