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Hosea 6:10
10In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
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 them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood. 9And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness. In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled. 11Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
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בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hosea 6:10
- Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 5:30An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
- Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
- Jeremiah 23:14And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
- Hosea 4:11Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
- Hosea 5:3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
- 1 Kings 12:8But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.
- 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; by his provocation with which he provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger.
- 2 Kings 17:7And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;
- Jeremiah 3:6And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.
- Ezekiel 23:5And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians [her] neighbours,
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
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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
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