5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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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 is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)In these verses, I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and Assyria, when he was in straits (Hos. 12:1): Ephraim feeds on wind , that is, feeds himself with vain hopes of assistance from man, when he is at variance with God; and, when he meets with disappointments, he still pursues the same game, and greedily pants and follows after the east wind , which he cannot catch ho…
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