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Hosea 6:4-11

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4 What shall I do with you, 1O 2Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O 3Judah? Your love is 4like a morning cloud, 5like the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them 6by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For 7I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice, 8the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But 9like Adam they 10transgressed the covenant; 11there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 12Gilead is a city of evildoers, 13tracked with blood.
9 As robbers 14lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to 15Shechem; they commit villainy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; 16Ephraim’s whoredom is there; 17Israel is defiled.
11 For you also, O 18Judah, 19a harvest is appointed, when 20I restore the fortunes of my people.
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Hosea 6:4-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 6

This chapter gives an account of some who were truly penitent, and stirred up one another to return to the Lord, encouraged by his power, grace, and goodness, Ho 6:1-3; and of others, who had only a form of religion, were very unstable in it; regarded more the ceremonial law, and the external sacrifices of it, than the moral law; either that part of it which respects the love of the neighbour, or that which concerns the knowledge of God; and dealt treacherously with the Lord, transgressing the covenant, Ho 6:4-7; particularly the city of Gilead is represented as full of the workers of iniquity, and is charged with bloodshed, Ho 6:8; yea, even the priests were guilty of murder and lewdness, Ho 6:9; and Israel, or the ten tribes in general, are accused of whoredom, both corporeal and spiritual, with which they were defiled, Ho 6:10; nor was Judah clear of these crimes, and therefore a reckoning day is set for them, Ho 6:11.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 20

  • 1. 6:4 [ch. 11:8]
  • 2. 6:4 ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  • 3. 6:4 ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  • 4. 6:4 ch. 13:3
  • 5. 6:4 ch. 13:3
  • 6. 6:5 Jer. 23:29; [Heb. 4:12]
  • 7. 6:6 Cited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]
  • 8. 6:6 [ch. 2:20]
  • 9. 6:7 [Gen. 3:11; Job 31:33; Rom. 5:14]
  • 10. 6:7 ch. 8:1; Deut. 17:2
  • 11. 6:7 ch. 5:7
  • 12. 6:8 [ch. 12:11]
  • 13. 6:8 See ch. 4:2
  • 14. 6:9 [ch. 5:1; 7:6]
  • 15. 6:9 Josh. 24:1
  • 16. 6:10 ch. 5:3; 7:4; [ch. 4:2, 12, 14; 9:10]
  • 17. 6:10 See ver. 4
  • 18. 6:11 [See ver. 10 above]
  • 19. 6:11 See Joel 3:13
  • 20. 6:11 Ps. 126:1; [Job 42:10]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 6:6 Septuagint 'mercy'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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