Hosea 6:11
in Hosea 6Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
KJV
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
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This verse in Hosea 6
Commentary
8 notes on this verseIn the house of Israel, I saw dreadful things; there were the fornications of Ephraim, Israel is defiled; and, Judah, I will put a harvest for you, when I will return the captivity of my people. From this crime and terrible horror, Jeremiah also spoke: "The heavens were astounded at this and the earth became deeply afraid" (Jeremiah 2). For what is more terrible than ten tribes suddenly turning to the worship of idols?
This site's exposition
O Judah, a harvest is appointed
The chapter ends with Judah, "a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity". Joel and Nahum use the harvest for judgment, and the clause about captivity points to restoration, so Judah stands under the terms set for Ephraim. Chapter 7 then returns to Ephraim's own corruption.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The general judgment is compared to a harvest ( Matt. xiii. 39 ), so are particular judgments, Joel iii. I have appointed a time to call thee to account, even when I returned the captivity of my people, that is, when those captives of Judah which were taken by the men of Israel were restored, in obedience to the command of God sent them by Oded the prophet, 2 Chron. xxviii.
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,
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Also, O Judah, He hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned - (rather, when I return) the captivity of My people. The “harvest” may be either for good or for bad. If the harvest is spoken of, as bestowed upon the people, then, as being of chief moment for preserving the life of the body, it is a symbol of all manner of good, temporal or spiritual, bestowed by God.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This prophecy was delivered under Pekah [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. MAURER explains, When Israel shall have been exiled for its sins, and has been subsequently restored by Me, thou, Judah, also shalt be exiled for thine. But as Judah's punishment was not at the time when God restored Israel, LUDOVICUS DE DIEU'S explanation must be taken.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee - Thou also hast transgressed; thy harvest will come; thou shalt be reaped down and sent into captivity. The sickle is already thrust in. That which thou hast sowed shalt thou reap. They who sow unto the flesh shall reap corruption. When I returned the captivity of my people - Bp. Newcome translates, “Among those who lead away the captivity of my people.” There is thy harvest; they who have led Israel into captivity shall lead thee also into the same. The Assyrians and Babylonians were the same kind of people; equally idolatrous, equally oppressive, equally cruel. From the common reading some suppose this to be a promise of return from captivity. It is true that Judah was gathered together again and brought back to their own land, but the majority of the Israelites did not return, and are not now to be found.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| יְהוּדָ֕ה | yehudah | O Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| שָׁ֥ת | shat | he has appointed | H7896 → | |
| קָצִ֖יר | katzir | a harvest | H7105 → | |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | for you | ||
| בְּשׁוּבִ֖י | beshuvi | when turn back I | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| שְׁב֥וּת | shevut | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | |
| עַמִּֽי׃ פ | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
יְהוּדָ֕הO Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
שָׁ֥תhe has appointed
shatH7896 →
קָצִ֖ירa harvest
katzirH7105 →
לָ֑ךְfor you
lakh
בְּשׁוּבִ֖יwhen turn back I
beshuviH7725 →1056 times
שְׁב֥וּת[the] captivity of
shevutH7622 →
עַמִּֽי׃ פpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
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
Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Job 8:6–7
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
- Proverbs 22:4
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- Isaiah 40:2
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…
- Isaiah 61:7
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy…
- Deuteronomy 30:3
Through
Joel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
it leads to
- Revelation 14:15–20
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 14:15–20
Through
Revelation 14:15Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for…
it leads to
- Joel 3:13
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 4:29
And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joel 3:13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 6:10-11; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.