Hosea 12:11 KJV
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Matthew Henry
- The provocations of IsraelEphraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade upon Canaanitish principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit. Thus...
Thompson Chains
- IniquitySee the chain from Job 15:16 · 10 links
- GileadSee the chain from Numbers 32:1 · 6 links
- VanitiesSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:21 · 7 links
- Idol AltarsSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:32 · 5 links
Cross References
- Hosea 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
- Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
- Hosea 8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
- Hosea 9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
- Hosea 10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
- 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- 2 Kings 17:9–11 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. …
- Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
- Jeremiah 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- Amos 4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
- Amos 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
- Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Topics
- Gilead 3. A city
- Gilgal Prophecies concerning
- Idolatry Warnings against, and punishments of
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of captivity, famine, and judgments
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Hosea, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Jeroboam II
Places
- GileadRegion · today Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh · Location likely
- GilgalTown · today Khirbet el Mefjir · Location likely
- Places in Hosea 12 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- iniquity אָוֶן ʾāwen אָוֶן Noun · masculine singular
- Gilead גִּלְעָד gilʿād גִּלְעָד Proper name
- surely they are vanity אִם ʾim Conjunction אַךְ ʾak Affirmation שָׁוְא šowʾ שָׁוְא Noun · masculine singular
- they sacrifice זִבֵּחוּ zibbēḥû זָבַח Verb · piel perfect, third person common plural
- bullocks שְׁוָרִים šĕwārîm שׁוֹר Noun · masculine plural
- in Gilgal הָיוּ hāyû Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural בַּגִּלְגָּל baggilgāl גִּלְגָּל Proper name · with preposition with the
- yea, their altars גַּם gam Affirmation מִזְבְּחוֹתָם mizbĕḥôtām מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- as heaps כְּגַלִּים kĕgallîm גַּל Noun · masculine plural · with preposition
- in the furrows עַל ʿal Preposition תַּלְמֵי talmê תֶּלֶם Noun · masculine plural construct
- of the fields שָׂדָי śādāy שָׂדֶה Noun · masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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