Key Verse Spotlight
Hosea 12:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.”
Hosea 12:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him {in} Bethel, and there he spake with us;
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD {is} his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
{He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress. {a merchant: or, Canaan} {oppress: or, deceive}
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: {in} all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that {were} sin. {in all...: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin} {that: Heb. which}
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