Hosea 11:6

Hosea 11:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
• New International Version (NIV)A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.
• New Living Translation (NLT)War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.

Context of Hosea 11:6

4I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them. 5They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me. The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels. 7My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all. 8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.

Hosea 11:6 word by word

וְחָלָ֥ה חֶ֙רֶב֙ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְכִלְּתָ֥ה בַדָּ֖יו וְאָכָ֑לָה מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• shall abideחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: danceH2342
• on his citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and shall consumeכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• his branchesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• and devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• because of their own counselsמוֹעֵצָהmô‛êtsâh · counselH4156

Cross-references for Hosea 11:6

• Hosea 10:14therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
• Leviticus 26:31And I will lay your cities waste and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing aromas.
• Deuteronomy 28:52"They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you.
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
• Jeremiah 5:17They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall beat down with the sword."
• Micah 5:11and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
• Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—
• Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
• Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.
• Ezekiel 15:2"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
• Ezekiel 20:47Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
• Malachi 4:1"For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Hosea 10:6The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
• Psalms 106:39Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.

Commentaries on Hosea 11:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The sword shall abide on his cities - Israel was agitated with external and intestine wars from the time of Jeroboam the Second. Although Zechariah his son reigned twelve years, yet it was in continual troubles; and he was at last slain by the rebel Shallum, who, having reigned one month, was slain by Menahem. Pekahiah succeeded his father Menahem, and reigned two years, and was killed by Pekah, son of Remaliah. He joined Rezin, king of Syria, and made an…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And the sword shall abide on his cities - Literally, “shall light, shall whirl” down upon. It shall come with violence upon them as a thing whirled with force, and then it shall alight and abide, to their destruction; as Jeremiah says, “a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously (literally, whirl down) on the head of the wicked” Jeremiah 23:19. As God said to David, after the murder of Uriah, “Now…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Since the Israelites refused to return to the Lord, they would go back to Egypt and serve Assyria. Their past slavery in Egypt symbolized their future exile in Assyria.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. abide--or, "fall upon" [Calvin]. branches--that is, his villages, which are the branches or dependencies of the cities [Calvin]. Grotius translates, "his bars" (so La 2:9), that is, the warriors who were the bulwarks of the state. Compare Ho 4:18, "rulers" (Margin), "shields" (Psa 47:9). because of their own counsels--in worshipping idols, and relying on Egypt (compare Ho 10:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 11:6

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sword

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Repenting
• Hosea
• Staves
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 11

• 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