Hosea 10:9

From the time of Gibeah, Israel has sinned. There they took their stand. Will not war overtake them in Gibeah because of the wicked?

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8And the high places of Aven will be destroyed, the shrines of Israel’s sin, thorns and thistles will grow on their altars, and they will say to the mountains, “Cover us,” and to the hills, “Fall upon us.”

10When I please, I will punish them. Nations will gather against them to chain them for their double crimes.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5When the Lord saw that people’s wickedness was increasing in the world, and that the trend of their thoughts was at all times toward evil,

Hosea 9:9they commit crimes as in the days of Gibeah, God will remember their iniquity. He will punish their sin.

Matthew 23:31By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:2-9

Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken… Read the whole commentary →

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