Hosea 6:7 KJV — MannaFest

Hosea 6:7

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

KJV

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ASV

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

WEB

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

YLT

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

DBT

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

About this book

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Hosea — A prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.

Author: Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
Date: Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom

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29 verses on the floor

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Hosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Hosea 5:7
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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There is something sacred and binding in a man's covenant (as the apostle shows, Gal. iii. 15 ), but much more in the covenant of God, which yet they made small account of; and there in that covenant they dealt treacherously, promised fair, but performed nothing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, Those who are disposed to turn to God themselves should do all they can to excite, and engage, and encourage others to return to him. What it is they engage to do: " Come, and let us return to the Lord,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Not as Margin, "like Adam," Job 31:33. For the expression "covenant" is not found elsewhere applied to Adam's relation to God; though the thing seems implied (Ro 5:12-19). Israel "transgressed the covenant" of God as lightly as men break everyday compacts with their fellow men. there--in the northern kingdom, Israel.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The covenant - The law of their God. There - In that very place, the good land which by covenant I gave them: they have broken my covenant.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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