Hosea 5:7
in Hosea 5They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
KJV
They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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This verse in Hosea 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verse"In their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have produced illegitimate children. Now the month and its parts will devour them." LXX: "When they go with sheep and calves seeking the Lord, but shall not find him, he hath withdrawn himself from them. Because they have forsaken the Lord, and have brought up strange children, their rust shall devour them and their portions."
This site's exposition
seek the Lord
on Hosea 5:6-7
They will go with flocks and herds to seek the Lord but will not find him, for he has withdrawn himself, and the older writers take this of formal sacrifice offered without the repentance that alone makes an offering acceptable, ritual without the heart the earlier chapter already indicted. They have dealt treacherously against the Lord, begetting strange children, a phrase the bench reads either of children born of mixed marriages with idolaters or of a generation raised outside the covenant's instruction, the readings named without settling between them. Now shall a month devour them with their portions, the judgment falling swiftly, in the span of a single new moon, on their land and their harvest alike.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Note, Wilful sinners are treacherous dealers. They have begotten strange children, that is, their children which they have begotten are estranged from God, and trained up in a false way of worship; they are a spurious brood, as children of fornication ( John viii.
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They have dealt treacherously against the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
They have dealt treacherously - Literally, “have cloaked,” and so, acted deceitfully. The word is used of treachery of friend toward his friend, of the husband to his wife, or the wife husband. “Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord” Jer 3:20. God, even in His upbraiding, speaks very tenderly to them, as having been in the closest, dearest relation to Himself.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
treacherously--as to the marriage covenant (Jer 3:20). strange children--alluding to "children of whoredoms" (Ho 1:2; "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [HENDERSON].
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Now shall a month devour them - In a month’s time the king of Assyria shall be upon them, and oblige them to purchase their lives and liberties by a grievous tax of fifty shekels per head. This Menahem, king of Israel, gave to Pul, king of Assyria, 2Ki 15:16-20. Instead of month, some translate the original locust. “The locusts shall devour them.”
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיהוָ֣ה | bayahweh | with Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בָּגָ֔דוּ | bagadu | they have dealt treacherously | H898 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָנִ֥ים | vanim | children | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זָרִ֖ים | zarim | strange | H2114 → | 77 times |
| יָלָ֑דוּ | yaladu | they have borne | H3205 → | 496 times |
| עַתָּ֛ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| יֹאכְלֵ֥ם | yokhlem | it will devour them | H398 → | 810 times |
| חֹ֖דֶשׁ | chodesh | a new moon | H2320 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ ס | chelkeihem | portions their | H2506 → |
בַּיהוָ֣הwith Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
בָּגָ֔דוּthey have dealt treacherously
bagaduH898 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
בָנִ֥יםchildren
vanimH1121 →4930 times
זָרִ֖יםstrange
zarimH2114 →77 times
יָלָ֑דוּthey have borne
yaladuH3205 →496 times
עַתָּ֛הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
יֹאכְלֵ֥םit will devour them
yokhlemH398 →810 times
חֹ֖דֶשׁa new moon
chodeshH2320 →
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ סportions their
chelkeihemH2506 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
it leads to
- Genesis 3:11
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
- Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Jeremiah 9:6
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Genesis 3:11
Through
Psalms 144:11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
it leads to
- Psalms 144:7–8
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Psalms 144:7–8
Through
Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
it leads to
- Psalms 18:16
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
- Psalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- Psalms 18:16
Through
Jeremiah 3:20But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Isaiah 48:8
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
- Isaiah 48:8
About Hosea
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 5:6-7; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
