Hosea 10:9

Hosea 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
• New International Version (NIV)“Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there you have remained. Will not war again overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; There they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity Did not overtake them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah, there has been only sin and more sin! You have made no progress whatsoever. Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

Context of Hosea 10:9

7Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters. 8The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall on us." From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah? 10When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity. 11Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.

Hosea 10:9 word by word

מִימֵי֙ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה חָטָ֖אתָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל שָׁ֣ם עָמָ֔דוּ לֹֽא־תַשִּׂיגֵ֧ם בַּגִּבְעָ֛ה מִלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י עַֽלְוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• thou hast sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• from the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• there they stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• against the childrenבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• of iniquityעַלְוָה‛alvâh · iniquityH5932
• did not overtakeנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381

Cross-references for Hosea 10:9

• Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
• Judges 19:22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."
• Judges 20:5And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.
• Judges 20:17And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.
• Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Genesis 8:21And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
• Zephaniah 3:6"I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
• Matthew 23:31Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah - This is another reference to the horrible rape and murder of the Levite's wife, Judges 19:13, Judges 19:14. There they stood - Only one tribe was nearly destroyed, viz., that of Benjamin. They were the criminals, the children of iniquity; the others were faultless, and stood only for the rights of justice and mercy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah - There must have been great sin, on both sides, of Israel as well as Benjamin, when Israel punished the atrocity of Gibeah, since God caused Israel so to be smitten before Benjamin. Such sin had continued ever since, so that, although God, in His longsuffering, had hitherto spared them, “it was not of late only that they had deserved those judgments, although now at last only, God inflicted them.”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered against them. It is just with God to make those know what hardships mean, who indulge themselves in ease and pleasure. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. Let them abound in works of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The terrible events at Gibeah (Judges 19–21) set a pattern of sin for the people of the northern kingdom of Israel (see Hosea 9:9). God punished them by allowing a major defeat in war, similar to the time of the judges (see Judges 2:10–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Gibeah--(Ho 9:9; Jud 19:1-20:48). They are singled out as a specimen of the whole nation. there they stood--The Israelites have, as there and then, so ever since, persisted in their sin [Calvin]. Or, better, "they stood their ground," that is, did not perish then [Maurer]. the battle ... did not overtake them--Though God spared you then, He will not do so now; nay, the battle whereby God punished the Gibeonite "children of iniquity," shall the more…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:9

• Gibeah

In the dictionaries

• Gibeah
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ashamed
• Plow
• Reap
• Hosea
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Period of

Commentaries on Hosea 10

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings