Hosea 6:10

Hosea 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
• New International Version (NIV)I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Context of Hosea 6:10

8Gilead is a city of wrongdoers; It is tracked with bloody footprints. 9And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the road toward Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge]; Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages. I have seen a horrible thing [sins of every kind] in the house of Israel! Ephraim’s prostitution (idolatry) is there; Israel has defiled itself. 11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people [who have been slaves to the misery of sin].

Hosea 6:10 word by word

בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• an horrible thingשַׁעֲרִירִיָּהsha‛ărûrâh sha‛ărîyrîyâh sha‛ărûrith · horrorH8186
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• the whoredomזְנוּתzenûth · fornicationH2184
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• is defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Hosea 6:10

• Jeremiah 2:12Be appalled, O heavens, at this; Be shocked and shudder with horror [at the behavior of the people],” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 5:30“An appalling and horrible thing [bringing desolation and destruction] Has come to pass in the land:
• Jeremiah 18:13“Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘Ask now among the nations, Who has heard of such things? The virgin Israel Has done a very vile and horrible thing.
• Jeremiah 23:14Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
• Hosea 4:11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away the mind and the [spiritual] understanding.
• Hosea 5:3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the prostitute and have worshiped idols; Israel has defiled itself.
• 1 Kings 12:8But he ignored the advice which the elders gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and served him.
• 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins committed by Jeroboam and which he made Israel commit, and because he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
• 2 Kings 17:7Now this came about because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared [and worshiped] other gods
• Jeremiah 3:6Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?
• Ezekiel 23:5“Oholah played the prostitute while she was Mine; and she adored and lusted after her lovers (allies), the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Commentaries on Hosea 6:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I have seen a horrible thing - That is, the idolatry that prevailed in Israel to such a degree that the whole land was defiled.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I have seen a horrible thing - Literally, “what would make one shudder.” God had seen it; therefore man could not deny it. In the sight of God, and amid the sense of His presence, all excuses fail. In the house of Israel - o“For what more horrible, more amazing than that this happened, not in any ordinary nation but “in the house of Israel,” in the people of God, in the portion of the Lord, as Moses said, “the Lord‘s portion is His people, Jacob is the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-11Verses 4-11 Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the early dew, and they were as vile as ever. Therefore the Lord sent awful messages by the prophets. The word of God will be the death either of the sin or of the sinner. God desired mercy rather than sacrifice, and that knowledge of him which produces holy fear and love. This exposes the folly of those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10a horrible thing: The prophet uses this rare word (also in Jeremiah 18:13) to describe how deeply Israel sinned by breaking God's covenant and betraying his trust.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. horrible thing--(Jr 5:30; 18:13; 23:14). whoredom--idolatry.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 6:10

• Backsliders
• Ephraim
• Sin

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Commentaries on Hosea 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings