John Trapp on Hosea 12:2

Verſe 2. The Lord hath alſo a controverſie with Judah,] Leſt the Prophet ſhould be thought partiall in the law, Mal. 2.9. (See the Note there) and leſt Ephraim ſhould ſay of Judah, as once Oded did of Iſrael; Are there not with them, even with them alſo, ſinnes againſt the Lord? The Prophet anſwers by way of conceſſion, 2 Chro. 28.10 that there were ſo indeed; and that therefore God had a controverſie with them, a litigation, or diſceptation: he was expoſtulating with them by words, and ſome lighter ſtroaks, notwithſtanding he had commended them before, as ruling with God, and retaining his pure worſhip. God would take his time to deal with them too, for their many impieties, and eſpecially for running to Egypt for help, as they did in the dayes of Ahaz, and Zedekiah, ſee Eſay 30.2. and 31.1. but becauſe they were not yet ſo bad as the ten Tribes, nor ſo deſperately wicked,See chap. 4.15. & 5.5, 8, 12, 13, 14. & 6.11. therefore the Lord was yet but pleading with them, he had not paſſed ſentence, he was not reſolved upon their ruine and utter extirpation: as he was for the ten Tribes, thoſe foul Apoſtates and ſhameleſſe covenant-breakers: concerning whom he ſaith, and is ſet upon't, I will puniſh Jacob according to his wayes.] See the like words, chap. 4. verſe 9. with the Note. He calls them Jacob, becauſe they gloried much in him their Progenitour, as did likewiſe the Samaritans that ſucceeded them, Iob. 4.12. So did the Jews in Micah chap. 2.7. But the Prophet Hoſea anſwereth them in effect (as there) by proving a diſparity. O th[illegible: 2 letters] that art named the houſe of Iacob, (that wilt needs be named ſo, and therein prideſt thy ſelf) is the Spirit of the Lord [illegible: 1 letter]raitned? (ye are not ſurely ſtraitned in him, but in your own bowels,Odloſum & impium dog[illegible: 3 letters] An[illegible: 2 letters]aptiſtarum. qui idea pueris ba[illegible: 1 letter]tiſ. mum negant, quia ſenſu & mente careant. Luther. in loc. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. that yee expreſſe Iacob no better, that ye reſemble him no more) Are theſe his doings? was Iacob a man of your practiſes? No: for he left no means unattempted, that hee might attain the bleſſing: he ſtrove for it with his brother in the womb, afterwards with the Angel, againſt whom with much wreſtling and raiſing of duſt, he prevailed, as it followeth in the two next verſes.