Hosea 10:9

You people of Israel, ever since your ancestors did evil things at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. When the people at [PRS] Gibeah did evil things, the result was a war in which thousands of people died.

Translation for Translators

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

8The altars on the tops of hills where the people worshiped idols will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall down and cover us to protect us from God punishing us!’

10So now, when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, the armies of other nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.

Judges 19:22While they were having a good/joyful time together, some wicked men from that city surrounded the house and started to bang on the door. They shouted to the old man, “Bring out to us the man who has come to your house. We want to have sex with him.”

Judges 20:13Bring those wicked men to us, in order that we can execute them. By doing that, we will be doing what should be done because of this evil thing that has happened in Israel.” But the people of the tribe of Benjamin did not pay attention to their fellow Israelis.

Judges 20:21The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 Israeli men on that day.

Hosea 9:9The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as what the men of Gibeah did long ago; so God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for all those sins.

Matthew 23:31Thus you recognize that you should honor the prophets, but you disregard the word of God that other men whom God has sent teach you. In that way you testify against yourselves that you are descendants and disciples [MET] of those who killed 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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