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Hosea 12:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
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Quick Meaning
This verse recalls repeated prophetic speech, multiplied visions, and similitudes through prophets.
Read It With
- Hosea 12:7-14
Read Hosea 12:10 with 12:7-14. This verse recalls repeated prophetic speech, multiplied visions, and similitudes through prophets. The complete unit establishes this movement: Ephraim's deceptive commerce and claim of innocent wealth are answered by the God of the exodus, temporary booths, repeated prophetic communication, condemned altars, Jacob's humble service, and prophetic preservation.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit tests the return command in economic practice and contrasts self-authorized wealth with dependence remembered through exodus, tents, prophets, and ancestral service. Within that movement, this verse recalls repeated prophetic speech, multiplied visions, and similitudes through prophets.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“used similitudes”
In plain language: communicated through prophetic comparisons and images
recalls repeated prophetic speech, multiplied visions, and similitudes through prophets. God's communication has been varied and persistent, while every prophetic claim remains accountable.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
God's communication has been varied and persistent, while every prophetic claim remains accountable.
How It Can Shape Life
- Test visions and metaphors by the book's covenant and ethical standards.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Hosea 12:7-14 — Deceptive Scales and Self-Made Wealth Meet Exodus, Prophets, and Jacob's ServiceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Hosea 12:7-14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Hosea
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew, morphology, syntax, names, wordplay, repetitions, and the base text for translation questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Hos.xml, 12:7-14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Hosea with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, textual, grammatical, historical, rhetorical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Hosea PDF, printed pp. 1695, translation and notes on 12:7-14
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