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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 12:8 - 12:8
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And - that is, Notwithstanding.
Yet I am ... rich - I regard not what the prophets say: I am content with my state, as I am rich (Rev 3:17). Therefore, in just retribution, this is the very language of the enemy in being the instrument of Israel’s punishment. Zec 11:5 : “They that sell them say ... I am rich.” Far better is poverty with honesty, than riches gained by sin.
my labours - my gains by labor.
they shall find none - that is, none shall find any.
iniquity ... that were sin - iniquity that would bring down the penalty of sin. Ephraim argues, My success in my labors proves that I am not a guilty sinner as the prophets assert. Thus sinners pervert God’s long-suffering goodness (Mat 5:45) into a justification of their impenitence (compare Ecc 8:11-13).