Hosea 5 · Verse 2

Hosea 5:2

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

Hosea 5:2, King James Version

Hosea 5:2 in other translations

BSB	The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
WEB	The rebels are deep in slaughter, but I discipline all of them.
ASV	And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
YLT	And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I am a fetter to them all.
DARBY	And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
BBE	They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.
Webster	And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

What does Hosea 5:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. revolters--apostates. profound--deeply rooted [Calvin] and sunk to the lowest depths, excessive in their idolatry (Ho 9:9; Is 31:6) [Henderson]. From the antithesis (Ho 5:3), "not hid from me," I prefer explaining, profoundly cunning in their idolatry. Jeroboam thought it a profound piece of policy to set up golden calves to represent God in Dan and Beth-el, in order to prevent Israel's heart from turning again to David's line by going up to Jerusalem to worship. So Israel's subsequent idolatry was grounded by their leaders on various pleas of state expediency (compare Is 29:15). to ... slaughter--He does not say "to sacrifice," for their so-called sacrifices were butcheries rather than sacrifices; there was nothing sacred about them, being to idols instead of to the holy God. though--Maurer translates, "and (in spite of their hope of safety through their slaughter of victims to idols) I will be a chastisement to them all." English Version is good sense: They have deeply revolted, notwithstanding all my prophetical warnings.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 2 The revolters are profound to make slaughter - Here may be a reference to the practice of hunters, making deep pits in the ground, and lightly covering them over, that the beasts, not discovering them, might fall in, and become a prey. Though I have been a Rebuker - "I will bring chastisement on them all." As they have made victims of others to their idolatry, I will make victims of them to my justice. Some have thought that as many as wished to depart from the idolatrous worship set up by Jeroboam, were slaughtered; and thus Jeroboam the son of Nebat Made Israel to sin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:1-7

The Divine judgments against Israel. (Hos. 5:1-7) Approaching desolations threatened. (Hos. 5:8-15) Verses 1-7 The piercing eye of God saw secret liking and disposition to sin, the love the house of Israel had to their sins, and the dominion their sins had over them. Pride makes men obstinate in other sins. And as Judah was treading in the same steps, they would fall with Israel. By dealing treacherously with the…

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Hosea 5:2 in the original Hebrew

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וְשַׁחֲטָ֥הve.sha.cha.Tahand slaughteringH7819

שֵׂטִ֖יםse.TimrebelsH7846

הֶעְמִ֑יקוּhe'.Mi.kuthey have made deepH6009

וַאֲנִ֖יva.'a.Niand IH589

מוּסָ֥רmu.Sar[am] disciplineH4148

לְכֻלָּֽם\׃le.khu.Lamto all of themH3605

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Cross references for Hosea 5:2

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.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Hosea 6:5
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Acts 23:12-15
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Zephaniah 3:1-2
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Jeremiah 25:3-7
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. …
Luke 22:2-5
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the revolters.
6:9; 9:15; Jer 6:28
profound.
Ps 64:3-6; 140:1-5; Isa 29:15; Jer 11:18,19; 18:18; Lu 22:2-5
Ac 23:12-15
though. or, and, etc. a rebuker. Heb. a correction.
6:5; Isa 1:5; Jer 5:3; 25:3-7; Am 4:6-12; Zep 3:1,2; Re 3:19

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Context

Hosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea 5:2
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

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Hosea 5:2 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y haciendo víctimas han bajado hasta el profundo: por tanto yo seré la corrección de todos ellos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ils se sont enfoncés dans la corruption de l’apostasie, et moi, je les châtierai tous.
German Elberfelder 1871	und im Verderbthandeln haben es die Abtrünnigen weit getrieben. Ich aber werde sie alle züchtigen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et victimas declinastis in profundum; et ego eruditor omnium eorum.