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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

Context of Hosea 11:6

4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. 5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

Hosea 11:6 word by word

וְחָלָ֥ה חֶ֙רֶב֙ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְכִלְּתָ֥ה בַדָּ֖יו וְאָכָ֑לָה מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• 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 shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
• Leviticus 26:31And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
• Deuteronomy 28:52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Yhwh thy God hath given thee.
• Deuteronomy 32:25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
• Jeremiah 5:17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
• Micah 5:11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
• Psalms 80:11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
• Isaiah 9:14Therefore Yhwh will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
• Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
• Isaiah 27:10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
• Ezekiel 15:2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
• Ezekiel 20:47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Yhwh; Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
• Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Yhwh of Armies, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
• Hosea 10:6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
• Psalms 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

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