Hosea 6:7
Like Adam they have broken the covenant; 1 they were unfaithful to me. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, 1 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 1
8Gilead is a city of evildoers 1 with footprints of blood. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:11God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
2 Kings 17:15They rejected his statutes and the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and the covenant decrees that he had given to them. They followed useless practices and they themselves became useless. They followed the pagan nations who were around them, those that Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate.
Isaiah 24:5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants 1 because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, 1 and broken the everlasting covenant. 1
Isaiah 48:8You never heard; you did not know; these things were not unfolded to your ears beforehand. 1 For I knew that you have been very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth. 1
Jeremiah 5:11For the houses of Israel and Judah have completely betrayed me—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant 2 that I established with their fathers in the days 1 when I took them by their hand 2 to bring them out from the land of Egypt, 1 because they broke my covenant, 2 although I was a husband for them. 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 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 →