Hosea 6:7

like men. Hebrew like Adam.

men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. Compare Job 31:33.Psalms 49:12; Psalms 82:7.

transgressed. rebelled. Heb 'abar. App-44.

the covenant. See Joshua 24:1; Joshua 24:25.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But they like men - Or (better as in the E. M) “like Adam, have transgressed the covenant.” As Adam our first parent, in Paradise, not out of any...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But they (g) like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. (g) That is, like small and weak persons.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 6:4 to Hosea 7:2 . Israel's Moral Condition Hopelessly Corrupt. The shallow expressions of loyalty by the fickle people mean nothing, and...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God then subjoins a complaint, — But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me. Here God s...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1157 OUR TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE COVENANT Hosea 6:7 . But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant . THE merciful nature of God’...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. But they like men (כאדם keadam, "like Adam") have t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Like men— It should be rendered, Like Adam. As Adam transgressed a plain command; so the Israelites transgressed the plainest and the easiest pre...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. But they, like men, have transgressed the c...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Shallowness of Israel's Repentance Hosea now represents the people as counselling one another to repentance in presence of the impending dange...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Like men] RV 'like Adam.' In regarding mere sacrifice as a substitute for goodness which God had made the condition of His covenant they had broken...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Critics differ much as to the interpretation of this verse. The marginal rendering supplies the strongest meaning. God made a covenant with Adam, and...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Let Us Return unto the Lord” Hosea 6:1-11 How full Scripture is of tender invitations: Come, and let us return! This opening verse is closel...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the prophet's appeal in consequence of the judgment threatened. It was first a message calling the people to return to Jehovah. It was b...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We find here the same melancholy account, as in the other parts of this prophecy; the Lord complaining of his people's apostacy; Gilead and the house...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant ,.... The false prophets, as Aben Ezra, whom he threatened to cut off and slay, Hosea 6:5 ; or r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. Ver. 7. But they like men ] Heb. like Adam, th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But they like men have transgressed the covenant That is, as all corrupt men are prone to do; and as other men, who are not under such strong oblig...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises and Expostulations; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 758....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I told them by my prophets what I required of them by covenant, but I could not obtain it, they regarded not what I said. Like men; or, like Adam:...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But they like Adam (or ‘men') have transgressed the covenant. There have they dealt treacherously against me. Gilead is a city of those who work i...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 6:6 . Sac .] which they brought. Mercy ] which they lacked; a comparison by negatives; things less worthy are rejected....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 6:2 . After two days will he revive us. The Chaldaic paraphrase gives a double acceptation to this text, that the Messiah should raise the d...
The Biblical Illustrator

But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant. The breach of the covenant of works General defection is a cause and presage of a sweeping...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 6:1-28 These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently and improperly torn from the preceding chapt...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Earnest Invitation and a Further Admonition. Having stated his threat in a most uncompromising form, the prophet adds a powerful appeal to the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But they, the people whom the prophet is rebuking, like men, rather, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, this statement being a testimony...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:15 ; Ezekiel 16:59-61 ; Genesis 3:11 ; Genesis 3:6 ; Hebrews 8:9 ; Hosea 5:7 ; Hosea 8:1 ; Isaiah 24:16 ; Isaiah 24:5 ; Isaiah 4...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

⁷ But they like menb have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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