Hosea 6:5-11

5 Therefore * I have ¹hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the ²words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

6 For ³I delight in loyalty ⁴rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But ⁵like Adam they have ⁶transgressed the covenant; There they have ⁷dealt treacherously against Me.

8 ⁸Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with ⁹bloody footprints.

9 And as ¹⁰raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests ¹¹murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed ¹²crime.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a ¹³horrible thing; Ephraim's ¹⁴harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.

11 Also, O Judah, there is a ¹⁵harvest appointed for you, When I ¹⁶restore the fortunes of My people.

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Hosea 6:5-11 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 16

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

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "men"
[b]. Or "lewdness"