Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Jacob fled . . . served—Though ye pride yourselves on the great name of "Israel," forget not that your progenitor was the same Jacob who was a fugitive, and who served for Rachel fourteen years. He forgot not ME who delivered him when fleeing from Esau, and when oppressed by Laban (Genesis 28:5; Genesis 29:20, Genesis 29:28; Deuteronomy 26:5). Ye, though delivered from Egypt (Hosea 12:13), and loaded with My favors, are yet unwilling to return to Me.
country of Syria—the champaign region of Syria, the portion lying between the Tigris and Euphrates, hence called Mesopotamia. Padan-aram means the same, that is, "Low Syria," as opposed to Aramea (meaning the "high country") or Syria (Genesis 48:7).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 12:12:
Hosea 12:1
Hosea 12:13
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