Hosea 5 · Verse 11

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Hosea 5:11, King James Version

Hosea 5:11 in other translations

BSBEphraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
WEBEphraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
ASVEphraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
YLTOppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
DARBYEphraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man.
BBEEphraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
WebsterEphraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

What does Hosea 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. broken in judgment--namely, the "judgment" of God on him (Ho 5:1). walked after the commandment--Jeroboam's, to worship the calves (2Ki 10:28-33). Compare Mi 6:16, "the statutes of Omri," namely, idolatrous statutes. We ought to obey God rather than men (Ac 5:29). Jerome reads "filthiness." The Septuagint gives the sense, not the literal translation: "after vanities."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Walked after the commandment - Jeroboam's commandment to worship his calves at Dan and Beth-el. Many of them were not forced to do this, they did it willingly.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:8-15

The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them, it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we have timely warning given us, that we may flee from the wrath to come. Compliance with the commandments of men, who thwart the commandments of God, ripens a people for ruin. The judgments of God are sometimes to a sinful people as a moth, and as rottenness, or as a worm; as…

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Hosea 5:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָשׁ֥וּק'a.Shuk[is] oppressedH6231
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
רְצ֣וּץre.Tzutz[is] crushed ofH7533
מִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatjudgmentH4941
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
הוֹאִ֔ילho.'Ilhe was determinedH2974
הָלַ֖ךְha.Lakhhe walkedH1980
אַחֲרֵי\־'a.cha.rei-afterH310
צָֽו\׃Tzava commandH6673

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Cross references for Hosea 5:11

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Deuteronomy 28:33

    The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

  • 1 Kings 12:26-33

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. …

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • Amos 5:11-12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • 2 Kings 15:16-20

    Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
oppressed.
De 28:33; 2Ki 15:16-20,29; Am 5:11,12
he willingly.
1Ki 12:26-33; Mic 6:16

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Context

  • Hosea 5:10

    The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

  • Hosea 5:12

    Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

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Hosea 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ephraim es vejado, quebrantado en juicio, porque quiso andar en pos de mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éphraïm est opprimé, brisé par le jugement, parce que, selon sa propre volonté, il est allé après le commandement de l’homme;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ephraim ist bedrückt, zerschlagen vom Gericht; denn willig wandelte es nach Menschengeboten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Calumniam patiens est Ephraim, fractus judicio, quoniam cœpit abire post sordes.