Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel, have I seen a horrible thing,—there, the unchastity of Ephraim, defiled is Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Judah too! a harvest is appointed for thee,—in that I will bring back the captivity of my people.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:8But he declined the counsel of the elders which they gave him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, who were standing before himself;
2 Kings 17:7And thus it came to pass that Israel sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,—yea they did reverence to other gods;
Jeremiah 3:6And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what apostate Israel, did? She used to go upon every high mountain and beneath every green tree, and commit unchastity there.
Jeremiah 18:13Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh, Ask I pray you among the nations,—Who hath heard such things as these? A very horrible thing, hath, the virgin, Israel done!
Ezekiel 23:5Then became Oholah unchaste after she had become mine- And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,
Hosea 4:12My people, of their Wood, do ask,—Let, their Staff, then tell them,—for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under their God.
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 →