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4 What shall I do with you, O 1Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a 2morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore * I have 3hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the 4words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6 For 5I delight in loyalty 6rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But 7like Adam they have 8transgressed the covenant; There they have 9dealt treacherously against Me.
8 10Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with 11bloody footprints.
9 And as 12raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests 13murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed 14crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a 15horrible thing; Ephraim's 16harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a 17harvest appointed for you, When I 18restore 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 18

  • 1. Hosea 7:1; Hosea 11:8
  • 2. Psalms 78:34-37; Hosea 13:3
  • 3. 1 Samuel 15:32, 33; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 5:14
  • 4. Jeremiah 23:29
  • 5. Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7
  • 6. Isaiah 1:11
  • 7. Job 31:33
  • 8. Hosea 8:1
  • 9. Hosea 5:7
  • 10. Hosea 12:11
  • 11. Hosea 4:2
  • 12. Hosea 7:1
  • 13. Jeremiah 7:9, 10; Hosea 4:2
  • 14. Ezekiel 22:9; Ezekiel 23:27; Hosea 2:10
  • 15. Jeremiah 5:30, 31; Jeremiah 23:14
  • 16. Hosea 5:3
  • 17. Jeremiah 51:33; Joel 3:13
  • 18. Zephaniah 2:7

Footnotes 3

  • [a] Or "lovingkindness"
  • [b] Or "men"
  • [c] Or "lewdness"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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