John Trapp on Hosea 12:9

Verſe 9. And I that am thy Lord God from the land of Egypt,] This ſeemeth to be interlaced for the comfort of the better ſort, that trembled at the former threatnings: for as in a family, if the dogs be beaten, the children will be apt to cry; ſo is it in Gods houſe. Hence he is carefull to take out the precious from the vile, and telleth them, that he hath not caſt off his people whom he foreknew: but would ſurely obſerve his ancient covenant, made even in the land of Egypt toward his ſpirituall Iſrael

I will yet make them to dwell in tabernacles, &c.] i. e. I will deliver my Church from the ſpiritual Egypt: and make her to paſſe thorow the wilderneſſe of the world,Diod[illegible: 1 letter]e. in particular Churches, aſpiring toward the heavenly Canaan: even as my people dwelt in Tents in the wilderneſſe, the remembrance whereof is celebrated in the feaſt of Tabernacles, Lev. 23.43. See Zach. 14.16. with the Note.