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 evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood. 9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled. 11Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

Hosea 6:10 word by word

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

• In the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• a horrible thingשַׁעֲרִירִיָּהsha‛ărûrâh sha‛ărîyrîyâh sha‛ărûrith · horrorH8186
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• practices prostitutionזְנוּתzenûth · fornicationH2184
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• is defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Hosea 6:10

• Jeremiah 2:12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 5:30A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
• Jeremiah 18:13Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
• Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
• Hosea 4:11to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.
• Hosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
• 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
• 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
• 2 Kings 17:7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
• Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
• Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

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
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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