Osee 11:12
Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Circumdedit me in negatione Ephraim, et in dolo domus Israël ; Judas autem testis descendit cum Deo, et cum sanctis fidelis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐκύκλωσέν με ἐν ψεύδει Ἐφράιμ, καὶ ἐν ἀσεβείᾳ οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα. νῦν ἔγνω αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός, καὶ λαὸς ἅγιος κεκλήσεται θεοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Osee 12:1
- סְבָבֻ֤נִי בְכַ֨חַשׁ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה עֹ֥ד רָד֙ עִם אֵ֔ל וְעִם קְדוֹשִׁ֖ים נֶאֱמָֽן
Haydock's commentary
Denials; refusing to adhere to my worship. (Haydock)
They wished to unite it with that of idols, 3 Kings xviii. (Calmet)
Saints. The priests and temple are preserved in Juda. Ezechias brought the people to serve God faithfully, while Israel was led captive. Septuagint, "the house of Israel and Juda with impiety. Now God hath known them lovingly, and it shall be called the holy people of God." Thus both kingdoms were criminal, and God exercised his mercy towards both. (Haydock)
The Jews relate that when their ancestors were pursued by the Egyptians, and the people were desponding, Juda signalized his courage by entering the bed of the sea. (St. Jerome)
These traditions are suspicious. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.