Hoshea 6:10

10 I have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel: there is the zenut (whoredom) of Ephrayim; Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled).

Hoshea 6:10 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 6:10

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel
Idolatry, the calves set up at Dan and Bethel, which God saw with abhorrence and detestation; or the prophet saw it, and it made his hair stand on end as it were, as the word ^F7 signifies, that such wickedness should be committed by a professing people: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim;
in the house of Israel is the whoredom of Jeroboam, who was of the tribe of Ephraim, and caused Israel to sin, to go a whoring after idols; or the whoredom of the tribe of Ephraim, which belonged to the house of Israel, and even of all the ten tribes; both corporeal and spiritual whoredom, or idolatry, are here meant: Israel is defiled;
with whoredom of both kinds; it had spread itself all over the ten tribes; they were all infected with it, and polluted by it; see ( Hosea 5:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (hyrwrev) a (rev) "pilus".

Hoshea 6:10 In-Context

8 Gil`ad is a city of evildoers, is trodden with dahm.

9 And as gedudim (marauders) lie in wait for a man, so the chever (band) [of] kohanim murder in the way to Shechem; for they commit shameful crimes.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel: there is the zenut (whoredom) of Ephrayim; Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled).

11 Also, O Yehudah, he hath set a katzir (harvest [of punishment]) for thee, when I turn the Shevut Ami (Captivity of My people, i.e., restore their fortunes).