Hosea 12:5

Even the Lord God of hosts,.... The God Jacob had power over, the Angel he prevailed with, to whom he made supplication with weeping, and who spake with him and his in Bethel, is he whose name is…

Even the Lord God of Hosts, the Lord is His memorial - The word, here as translated and written Lord, is the special and, so to say, the proper Name of God, that which He gave to Himself, and which…

The Lord is his memorial - He is the same God as when Jacob so successfully wrestled with him.

In these verses,

I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and Assyria, when he was in straits (Hos 12:1): Ephraim feeds on wind, that is, feeds himself with vain hopes of…

Even the Lord God of hosts, &c. The Hebrew runs more abruptly, -And Jehovah" &c., i.e. -and the name of Him who spoke with Jacob is Jehovah." -Jehovah" to the prophets conveys the ideas of…