호세아 6:7-11 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 6:4-11

Two things, two evil things, both Judah and Ephraim are here charged with, and justly accused of:? I. That they were not firm to their own convictions, but were unsteady, unstable as water, Hos. 6:4, 5. O Ephraim! what shall I do unto thee? O Judah! what shall I do unto thee? This is a strange expression. Can Infinite Wisdom be at a loss what to do? Can it be nonplussed, or put upon taking new measures? By no means; but God speaks after the manner of men, to show how absurd and unreasonable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:7

But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant ,.... The false prophets, as Aben Ezra, whom he threatened to cut off and slay, Hosea 6:5 ; or rather Ephraim and Judah, whose goodness was so fickle and unstable; and who, instead of doing acts of mercy, and seeking after the true knowledge of God and his worship, which are preferable to all sacrifices, they transgressed the law of God, which they promised at Mount Sinai to obey; the precepts of the moral law, even of both tables, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity ,.... The chief city in the land of Gilead, which lay beyond Jordan, inhabited by Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh; and so belonged to the ten tribes, whose sins are here particularly observed. It had its name from the country, or the country from that, or both from the mountain of the same name. It is thought to be Ramothgilead, a city of refuge, and put for all the cities of refuge in those parts, which were inhabited by priests... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:9

And as troops of robbers wait for a man ,.... As a gang of highwaymen or footpads lie in wait in a ditch, or under a hedge, or in a cave of a rock or mountain, for a man they know will come by that way, who is full of money, in order to rob him; or, as Saadiah interprets it, as fishermen stand upon the banks of a river, and cast in their hooks to draw out the fish; and to the same purpose is Jarchi's note from R. Meir: so the company of priests murder in the way by consent ; not only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 שערוריה a שער "pilus". 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:11

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee ,.... That is, God hath set and appointed a time of wrath and vengeance for thee, which is sometimes signified by a harvest, Revelation 14:15 ; because thou hast been guilty of idolatry also, as well as Ephraim or the ten tribes: or rather it may be rendered, "but, O Judah" F8 גם "sed", V. L. Munster, Grotius. , he, that is, God, hath set an harvest for thee; appointed a time of joy and gladness, as a time of harvest is: when I... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

But they like men ( כאדם keadam , "like Adam") have transgressed the covenant - They have sinned against light and knowledge as he did. This is sense, the other is scarcely so. There was a striking similarity in the two cases. Adam, in Paradise, transgressed the commandment, and I cast him out: Israel, in possession of the promised land, transgressed my covenant, and I cast them out, and sent them into captivity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity - In this place Jacob and Laban made their covenant, and set up a heap of stones, which was called Galeed, the heap of testimony; and most probably idolatry was set up here. Perhaps the very heap became the object of superstitious adoration. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:9

As troops of robbers - What a sad picture is this of the state of the priesthood! The country of Gilead was infamous for its robberies and murders. The idolatrous priests there formed themselves into companies, and kept possession of the roads and passes; and if they found any person going to Jerusalem to worship the true God, they put him to death. The reason is given: - For they commit lewdness - They are gross idolaters. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:10

I have seen a horrible thing - That is, the idolatry that prevailed in Israel to such a degree that the whole land was defiled. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 6:4-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:10

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