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the LORD <i>is</i> his memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />That is, the LORD God of hosts. The LORD <i>is</i> His memorable name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD, the God of armies, The LORD is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Even the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Even the LORD, the God of hosts; The LORD is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even Yahweh, the God of hosts, Yahweh is His <i>name</i> of remembrance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Even the LORD, the God of hosts, The name of Him [who spoke with Jacob] is the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is the God of Armies; the LORD is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh is the God of Hosts; Yahweh is His name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God's name is the LORD, the LORD God All-Powerful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />even the LORD, the God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is the God of Armies. The LORD is the name by which he is remembered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This was the LORD God Almighty--the LORD is the name by which he is to be worshiped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is the name by which he is remembered! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />even the LORD, the God of hosts; The LORD is his name of renown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah is His memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah God of armies, Jehovah his remembrance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is the God of hosts, the LORD is his name! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD the God of hosts, the LORD is his name!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Even the LORD the God of hosts has remembered him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God of Hosts commemorated him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/12-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1845" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/12.htm">A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there— <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">is the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2143.htm" title="2143: ziḵ·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Remembrance, memorial. Or zeker; from zakar; a memento, abstr. Recollection; by implication, commemoration.">is His name of renown.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14-15</a></span><br />God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” / God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-24.htm">Genesis 32:24-30</a></span><br />So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. / When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. / Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Isaiah 42:8</a></span><br />I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Psalm 83:18</a></span><br />May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-2.htm">Exodus 6:2-3</a></span><br />God also told Moses, “I am the LORD. / I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Malachi 3:6</a></span><br />“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-58.htm">John 8:58</a></span><br />“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-8.htm">Revelation 1:8</a></span><br />“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a></span><br />For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a></span><br />In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a></span><br />Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-8.htm">Hebrews 13:8</a></span><br />Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-13.htm">Revelation 22:13</a></span><br />I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-13.htm">Psalm 135:13</a></span><br />Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-4.htm">Isaiah 26:4</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.</p><p class="hdg">Even.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-16.htm">Genesis 28:16</a></b></br> And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew <i>it</i> not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-30.htm">Genesis 32:30</a></b></br> And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.</p><p class="hdg">is.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-15.htm">Exodus 3:15</a></b></br> And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this <i>is</i> my name for ever, and this <i>is</i> my memorial unto all generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/135-13.htm">Psalm 135:13</a></b></br> Thy name, O LORD, <i>endureth</i> for ever; <i>and</i> thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Isaiah 42:8</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> the LORD: that <i>is</i> my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/10-5.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/daniel/11-31.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/daniel/9-15.htm">Renown</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-14.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Renown</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">By former favors he exhorts to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Ephraim's sins provoke God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "LORD" is the English representation of the Hebrew name Yahweh, which signifies God's eternal and self-existent nature. "God of Hosts" (Hebrew: "Yahweh Sabaoth") is a title that underscores God's command over the angelic armies, reflecting His omnipotence and ability to execute His will throughout creation. This title is frequently used in the Old Testament, especially in prophetic literature, to remind Israel of God's power and His ability to protect and deliver His people. It also serves as a warning to those who oppose Him, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20</a>.<p><b>the LORD is His name of renown</b><br>This phrase highlights the fame and reputation of God's name, which is revered and respected throughout the earth. The repetition of "LORD" (Yahweh) emphasizes the importance of His covenant name, which was revealed to Moses in <a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14-15</a> as "I AM WHO I AM." This name signifies God's unchanging nature and His faithfulness to His promises. The concept of God's name being renowned is echoed in passages like <a href="/psalms/8.htm">Psalm 8:1</a> and <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a>, where His glory and majesty are recognized by all nations. In the New Testament, the name of Jesus is also exalted, as seen in <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a>, where every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. This connection underscores the continuity of God's revelation and the fulfillment of His promises through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC. His ministry focused on calling Israel back to faithfulness to God amidst widespread idolatry and social injustice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (YHWH)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His relationship with Israel as their God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_hosts.htm">God of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God that underscores His supreme authority over the heavenly armies and all creation, highlighting His power and sovereignty.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted in Hosea as unfaithful to God, akin to an adulterous spouse, yet still the recipient of God's persistent love and call to repentance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>Mentioned earlier in <a href="/bsb/hosea/12.htm">Hosea 12</a>, Jacob's account is used as a backdrop to illustrate Israel's struggle with God and their need for repentance and reliance on Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God, as the LORD of Hosts, has ultimate authority over all creation. This should lead us to trust in His power and plan, even when circumstances seem overwhelming.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_name.htm">Reverence for God's Name</a></b><br>The name of the LORD is one of renown, deserving of our utmost respect and reverence. Our lives should reflect the holiness and majesty of His name in our words and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Just as God was in a covenant relationship with Israel, He desires a personal relationship with us through Jesus Christ. We are called to faithfulness and obedience in response to His steadfast love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Like Israel, we are prone to wander and need to continually return to God. Repentance is not just a one-time act but a lifestyle of turning back to God and aligning our lives with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remained faithful to His promises. We can be assured of His faithfulness in our lives, knowing that He will never abandon us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_stress_about_tomorrow_now.htm">Why did God's vineyard produce only wild grapes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_concept_of_theodicy.htm">What is the concept of theodicy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_insist_on_one_worship_site_in_deut._12_5.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:5, why does the text insist on a single worship location when Israel's central sanctuary seems to have varied or been established later in Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_king_hiram_honor_israel's_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:11-12, why does Tyrian King Hiram express devotion to Israel's God when no independent Tyrian records verify such reverence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Lord God of hosts.--</span>See Cheyne's <span class= "ital">Isaiah,</span> vol. 1, pp. 11, 12, and Nowack's commentary on this passage. Probably the hosts were the stars which were conceived of as celestial spirits standing upon or above Jehovah's throne in Micaiah's vision, on the right hand and on the left (<a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm" title="And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.">1Kings 22:19</a>). These are to be identified, in all probability, with the sons of God (<a href="/genesis/6-2.htm" title="That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.">Genesis 6:2</a>), described in <a href="/job/1-6.htm" title="Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.">Job 1:6</a> as presenting themselves in council before Jehovah. In <a href="/psalms/103-21.htm" title="Bless you the LORD, all you his hosts; you ministers of his, that do his pleasure.">Psalm 103:21</a> they are described as God's ministers; also in <a href="/psalms/104-4.htm" title="Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:">Psalm 104:4</a>, quoted in <a href="/hebrews/1-7.htm" title="And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.">Hebrews 1:7</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.</span> Here we have at once a confirmation and a pledge of previous promises. Jacob had wronged Esau, and thereby incurred his displeasure; he had offended God by the injury inflicted on his brother. He is consequently in a position of peril with respect to both God and man; he repented of his sin, and with many and bitter tears supplicated safety - salvation in the highest sense. Jacob, or Israel, in Hosea's time were involved in greater guilt and exposed to greater danger; the same unfailing remedy is recommended to them, and the same way of safety is laid open before them; let them only repent, turn to the Lord, and with tears of genuine sorrow seek his face and favor free; and the prospect would soon brighten before them. The Name of God was a sufficient guarantee: he is Jehovah the Everlasting, and therefore <span class="accented">Unchanging</span> One - the same to Jacob's posterity as he had been to the patriarch himself, equally ready to accept their repentance and equally willing to bless them with safety and salvation. He is God of hosts, and thus the <span class="accented">Almighty</span> One, governing all creatures, guiding all events, commanding all powers both heavenly and earthly, and ruling the whole history of humanity. His name is a remembrancer of all this, and thus his people were assured that he neither lacks the will nor the power to bless them with all needful blessings, and do them greatest good. The name of an individual is that whereby he is known; on mention of his name the memory of him is recalled. The mention of the Divine Name not only reminds us of his being and Godhead, but recalls to our memory his attributes. Rashi has the following brief comment on this verse: "As I have been from the beginning, so am I now; and if ye had walked with me in uprightness as Jacob our father, I would have dealt with you as dealt with him." Thus to Abram in a land of strangers, imperiled and defenseless, God revealed himself as God Almighty; to Moses, after centuries of unfulfilled promise, he made himself known as the Unchanging One, still challenging the confidence of his people; to Hosea he brings to mind his unchanging counsel in regard to all the events of time and his unlimited control over all the realms of space and their inhabitants, and so the suitability of his attributes to the multiplied necessities and varying circumstances of his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/12-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts—</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצְּבָא֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is His name of renown.</span><br /><span class="heb">זִכְרֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ziḵ·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2143.htm">Strong's 2143: </a> </span><span class="str2">A memento, recollection, commemoration</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/12-5.htm">Hosea 12:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/12-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 12:5 Even Yahweh the God of Armies (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 12:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 12:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/12-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 12:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 12:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>