The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. Hos. 12:5
Like Jacob, the deceitful nation (cf. Hos. 11:12) needed to return (Hos. 12:6) to her covenant Ruler, the Lord God Almighty with tears and prayers (cf. Hos. 12:4).
Even the Lord... 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 declares His Being.
the Lord is... Or his name, Jehovah, which belongs to this angel. The Son of God, as to his divine Father; and which is expressive of his divine existence. Of his eternity and immutability; this is his memorial, or the recorder which puts his people in all ages in remembrance of him. What he is, what an infinite, almighty, and all sufficient Being he is. And he is always to be believed in and trusted, and to be served, adored, and worshipped.
We saw in the verse before this, Jacob was sorrowful for his past. We now see salvation has come to him through covenant with God. It is not Israel that is God's memorial, but God that is Israel's memorial.
To this passage we shall return in dealing with Hosea’s doctrine of repentance.
Genuine repentance would involve a commitment to love ḥeseḏ and justice, as well as a dependence on the Lord (wait for your God always; cf. Psm. 27:14), rather than on herself.
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