Hosea 10:9

“Israel, 1 you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; 1 there you have remained. 1 Will not war overtake the sons of wrong in Gibeah? 1

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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 high places of wickedness will be destroyed. 1 This is the sin of Israel! 1 Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. 1 The people will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” 1 and to the hills, “Fall on us!” 1

10When I desire it, I will discipline them. 1 The nations will gather together against them 1 and put them in bonds for their double iniquity. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Judges 19:22While they were making their hearts glad, some men of the city, worthless men, surrounded the house, beating on the door. They spoke to the old man, the master of the house, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, so we can have sex with him.”

Judges 20:13Therefore, give us those wicked men of Gibeah, so we may put them to death, and so we will completely remove this evil from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel.

Judges 20:21The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed twenty-two thousand men of the army of Israel on that day.

Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves 1 as in the days of Gibeah. 1 God will call to mind their iniquity, 1 and he will punish their sins. 1

Matthew 23:31Therefore you testify against yourselves that you are sons 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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