Hosea 6:7
But they, after the manner of men, have transgressed the covenant; Even therein have they dealt unfaithfully with me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
In Context
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.
8Gilead is a city of them that do iniquity; She is full of footsteps of blood.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:5The land was polluted under its inhabitants, Because they transgressed the law, they violated the statutes, They broke the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 48:8Yea, thou heardest it not; yea, thou knewest it not; Yea, it was not disclosed to thee long ago; For I knew that thou wast wholly faithless, And wast called rebellious from thy birth.
Jeremiah 5:11For they have proved false to me, The house of Israel and the house of Judah, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:32Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, In the day when I took them by the hand To bring them out of the land of Egypt; Which covenant of mine they broke, And I rejected them, saith Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 6:5-11
Promises and Expostulations; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 758.) 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there… Read the whole commentary →