Hosea 6:6-11

6 For ¹I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice, ²the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But ³like Adam they ⁴transgressed the covenant; ⁵there they dealt faithlessly with me.

8 ⁶Gilead is a city of evildoers, ⁷tracked with blood.

9 As robbers ⁸lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to ⁹Shechem; they commit villainy.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; ¹⁰Ephraim's whoredom is there; ¹¹Israel is defiled.

11 For you also, O ¹²Judah, ¹³a harvest is appointed, when ¹⁴I restore the fortunes of my people.

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Hosea 6:6-11 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

Cross References 14

1. Cited Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; [1 Samuel 15:22]
2. [Hosea 2:20]
3. [Genesis 3:11; Job 31:33; Romans 5:14]
4. Hosea 8:1; Deuteronomy 17:2
5. Hosea 5:7
6. [Hosea 12:11]
7. See Hosea 4:2
8. [Hosea 5:1; Hosea 7:6]
9. Joshua 24:1
10. Hosea 5:3; Hosea 7:4; [Hosea 4:2, 12, 14; Hosea 9:10]
11. See ver. 4
12. [See ver. 10 above]
13. See Joel 3:13
14. Psalms 126:1; [Job 42:10]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Septuagint mercy

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