Hosea 6:5

So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, 1 I have killed them with the words of my mouth. 1 Your decrees are like the light that shines out. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Ephraim, what will I do with you? 1 Judah, what will I do with you? 1 Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, 1 like the dew that goes away early. 1

6For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, 1 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

1 Samuel 15:22Samuel replied, “Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.

1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so.”

1 Kings 19:17It will happen that Jehu will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, and that Elisha will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu.

2 Chronicles 21:12A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, “This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

Job 34:10So listen to me, you men of understanding: 1 far be it from God that he should do wickedness; 1 far be it from the Almighty that he should commit sin. 1

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 →

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