Bible Commentaries
Hosea 6

Introduction

Overview

Hosea 6:1, Exhortations to repent and hope in God; Hosea 6:4, A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction; Hosea 6:5, Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threatenings against them.

Verse 1

and let: Hosea 5:15, Hosea 14:1, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 50:4, Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:41, Zephaniah 2:1

he hath torn: Hosea 5:12-14, Hosea 13:7-9, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 5:18, Job 34:29, Psalms 30:7, Isaiah 30:22, Jeremiah 30:12, Jeremiah 33:5, Lamentations 3:32, Lamentations 3:33

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:29 - blessed Exodus 15:26 - for I am Leviticus 14:48 - shall come in Leviticus 26:40 - confess Deuteronomy 30:2 - return unto 1 Samuel 7:3 - return 2 Kings 3:13 - Nay 2 Kings 5:7 - Amos I God 2 Kings 19:3 - This day 2 Chronicles 6:26 - thou dost 2 Chronicles 15:4 - in their trouble Psalms 6:2 - heal Psalms 32:5 - I said Psalms 41:4 - heal Psalms 51:8 - bones Psalms 60:2 - heal Psalms 71:20 - quicken Psalms 77:2 - my Psalms 95:6 - O come Psalms 119:67 - but now Psalms 147:3 - healeth Proverbs 1:28 - they shall seek Ecclesiastes 3:3 - time to kill Isaiah 3:7 - healer Isaiah 10:21 - return Isaiah 12:1 - though Isaiah 17:7 - General Isaiah 27:8 - thou wilt Isaiah 30:18 - wait Isaiah 37:3 - General Isaiah 38:9 - he had Isaiah 61:1 - to bind Jeremiah 3:7 - Turn thou Jeremiah 3:12 - Return Jeremiah 5:24 - Let us now Jeremiah 8:4 - turn Jeremiah 22:23 - how Jeremiah 29:13 - ye shall Jeremiah 30:13 - hast Jeremiah 30:17 - For I Jeremiah 31:18 - surely Jeremiah 33:6 - I will bring Jeremiah 36:7 - It may Lamentations 3:10 - unto Lamentations 3:11 - pulled Hosea 2:7 - I will Hosea 7:10 - and they Hosea 11:5 - because Joel 2:12 - turn Amos 4:6 - yet Jonah 2:1 - prayed Zechariah 1:3 - Turn Malachi 4:2 - healing John 12:40 - heal James 4:8 - Draw nigh to God James 5:13 - any among

Verse 2

two: Hosea 13:14, 2 Kings 20:5, Psalms 30:4, Isaiah 26:19, Ezekiel 37:11-13, 1 Corinthians 15:4

we: Genesis 17:18, Psalms 61:7, John 14:19, Romans 14:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:4 - third Genesis 45:27 - the spirit Leviticus 7:17 - on the third Leviticus 26:40 - confess Numbers 19:12 - third day Deuteronomy 30:2 - return unto Joshua 1:11 - three days 1 Samuel 2:6 - killeth 1 Samuel 7:3 - return 2 Samuel 1:2 - the third 2 Kings 20:8 - What shall be Ezra 9:8 - reviving Psalms 51:8 - bones Psalms 71:20 - quicken Psalms 85:6 - revive Psalms 147:3 - healeth Ecclesiastes 3:3 - time to kill Isaiah 19:22 - he shall smite Isaiah 27:8 - thou wilt Isaiah 30:18 - wait Isaiah 38:9 - he had Isaiah 58:8 - and thine Jeremiah 3:22 - we Jeremiah 31:18 - surely Ezekiel 37:12 - I will open Hosea 14:7 - revive Amos 5:2 - none Habakkuk 3:2 - O Lord Matthew 20:19 - the third Mark 8:31 - and after Mark 10:34 - and the Mark 12:24 - because John 11:17 - four John 11:24 - I know James 4:8 - Draw nigh to God

Verse 3

we know: Hosea 2:20, Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 24:7, Micah 4:2, John 17:3

if: Proverbs 2:1-5, Matthew 13:11, John 7:17, Acts 17:11, Philippians 3:13-15, Hebrews 3:14

his going: 2 Samuel 23:4, Psalms 19:4, Proverbs 4:18, Malachi 4:2, Luke 1:78, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 22:16

as the rain: Hosea 10:12, Hosea 14:5, Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 29:23, Psalms 65:9, Psalms 72:6, Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 44:3, Ezekiel 36:25, Joel 2:23, Joel 2:24, Micah 5:7, Zechariah 10:1

Reciprocal: Judges 5:31 - the sun Judges 6:37 - Behold 2 Samuel 21:10 - until water Job 11:17 - thou shalt Psalms 30:5 - in the Psalms 49:14 - morning Psalms 143:8 - to hear Proverbs 2:5 - shalt Proverbs 9:9 - General Proverbs 15:9 - he loveth Proverbs 16:15 - his Proverbs 21:21 - that Song of Solomon 4:12 - garden Isaiah 8:20 - light Isaiah 58:8 - thy light Isaiah 64:5 - in those Habakkuk 3:2 - O Lord Zechariah 4:10 - despised Zechariah 8:21 - speedily Zechariah 14:6 - not Matthew 13:33 - till Mark 4:28 - first Luke 8:9 - What Luke 11:36 - the whole Luke 13:21 - till John 7:28 - whom John 8:12 - I am John 8:32 - ye shall John 14:18 - will come John 15:2 - and Acts 8:29 - General Philippians 3:12 - I follow Colossians 1:23 - ye continue 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - fulfil James 5:7 - until 1 Peter 2:2 - grow 1 John 2:10 - that loveth

Verse 4

what: Hosea 11:8, Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:4, Jeremiah 3:19, Jeremiah 5:7, Jeremiah 5:9, Jeremiah 5:23, Jeremiah 9:7, Luke 13:7-9, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42

for: Judges 2:18, Judges 2:19, Psalms 78:34-37, Psalms 106:12, Psalms 106:13, Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 34:15, Matthew 13:21, 2 Peter 2:20-22

goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness

as a: Hosea 13:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:15 - saw Deuteronomy 9:12 - are quickly Deuteronomy 32:2 - drop Deuteronomy 33:17 - the ten thousands Judges 3:12 - did evil Judges 6:37 - Behold 1 Samuel 19:10 - sought 2 Chronicles 11:17 - three years 2 Chronicles 26:5 - he sought God 2 Chronicles 34:33 - all his days Job 30:15 - as a cloud Isaiah 1:22 - silver Isaiah 28:4 - shall be Jeremiah 11:10 - turned Jeremiah 34:11 - General Hosea 5:3 - Ephraim Hosea 7:16 - return Luke 8:13 - which Luke 20:10 - sent Luke 20:13 - What Colossians 1:23 - ye continue 2 Peter 2:17 - are wells

Verse 5

have I: 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Kings 14:6, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Chronicles 21:12, Isaiah 58:1, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 5:14, Jeremiah 13:13, Ezekiel 3:9, Ezekiel 43:3, Acts 7:31

I have: 1 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 11:4, Jeremiah 23:29, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 2:16, Revelation 9:15, Revelation 9:21

and thy judgments are as: or, that thy judgments might be as, etc. Genesis 18:25, Job 34:10, Psalms 37:6, Psalms 119:120, Zephaniah 3:5, Romans 2:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:4 - trembled 2 Samuel 23:4 - as the light Nehemiah 9:29 - testifiedst Song of Solomon 5:7 - they smote Song of Solomon 6:10 - looketh Isaiah 28:13 - precept upon precept Isaiah 49:2 - he hath made Jeremiah 9:7 - shall Ezekiel 11:4 - General Ezekiel 11:13 - when Ezekiel 23:45 - the righteous Ezekiel 32:18 - cast Hosea 5:2 - a rebuker 2 Thessalonians 2:8 - the spirit Revelation 11:5 - fire

Verse 6

I desired: 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 50:8, Proverbs 21:3, Ecclesiastes 5:1, Isaiah 1:11, Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 7:22, Daniel 4:27, Amos 5:21, Micah 6:6, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7

the: Hosea 4:1, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 22:16, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 3:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 29:17 - General Numbers 30:5 - General Joshua 5:5 - they had not Psalms 40:6 - Sacrifice Psalms 51:16 - desirest Hosea 4:6 - for Amos 5:24 - let Micah 6:7 - pleased Micah 6:8 - to do Matthew 5:23 - thou Matthew 23:23 - the weightier Mark 3:4 - Is it Mark 12:24 - Do Mark 12:33 - is more Luke 10:37 - He that Hebrews 10:4 - not

Verse 7

men: or, Adam, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:11, Job 31:33

transgressed: Hosea 8:1, 2 Kings 17:15, Isaiah 24:5, Jeremiah 31:32, Ezekiel 16:59-61, Hebrews 8:9

they dealt: Hosea 5:7, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 48:8, Jeremiah 3:7, Jeremiah 5:11, Jeremiah 9:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:2 - in transgressing Joshua 5:5 - they had not Joshua 7:11 - transgressed 1 Kings 19:14 - forsaken Ecclesiastes 5:1 - give Isaiah 59:13 - lying Jeremiah 3:20 - so have Jeremiah 9:2 - an assembly Jeremiah 11:10 - the house of Israel Jeremiah 12:1 - deal Jeremiah 34:18 - have transgressed Hosea 10:4 - swearing Malachi 2:11 - and hath 1 Corinthians 3:3 - and walk 1 Peter 4:2 - the lusts

Verse 8

Gilead: Hosea 12:11, Joshua 21:38

polluted with blood: or, cunning for blood, Hosea 5:1, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:8, 1 Kings 2:5, Psalms 10:8, Psalms 59:2, Isaiah 59:6, Jeremiah 11:19, Micah 7:2, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 26:16, Acts 23:12-15, Acts 25:3

Reciprocal: Hosea 7:1 - the iniquity

Verse 9

as troops: Hosea 7:1, Ezra 8:31, Job 1:15-17, Proverbs 1:11-19

so: Hosea 5:1, Jeremiah 11:9, Ezekiel 22:27, Micah 3:9, Zephaniah 3:3, Mark 14:1, Luke 22:2-6, John 11:47, Acts 4:24

by consent: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem, 1 Kings 12:25

lewdness: or, enormity

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:34 - wicked men Psalms 119:61 - The bands Ezekiel 22:9 - they commit Ezekiel 22:25 - like Hosea 4:2 - toucheth Hosea 4:7 - they were Hosea 5:2 - the revolters Luke 10:31 - priest

Verse 10

Jeremiah 2:12, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 5:30, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 18:13, Jeremiah 23:14

there: Hosea 4:11, Hosea 4:17, Hosea 5:3, 1 Kings 12:8, 1 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 17:7, Jeremiah 3:6, Ezekiel 23:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:9 - I have seen Deuteronomy 9:13 - I have Isaiah 28:1 - the crown Ezekiel 23:7 - with all their Hosea 7:1 - they commit Micah 1:1 - concerning

Verse 11

he hath: Jeremiah 51:33, Joel 3:13, Micah 4:12, Revelation 14:15

when: Job 42:10, Psalms 126:1, Zephaniah 2:7

Reciprocal: Isaiah 17:5 - as when Amos 2:4 - Judah Micah 1:1 - concerning