Hosea 6 · Verse 11

Hosea 6:11

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Hosea 6:11, King James Version

Hosea 6:11 in other translations

BSBAlso for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
WEB“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
ASVAlso, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
YLTAlso, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!
DARBYAlso, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
BBEAnd Judah has put up disgusting images for himself.
WebsterAlso, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

What does Hosea 6:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. an harvest--namely, of judgments (as in Jr 51:33; Joe 3:13; Re 14:15). Called a "harvest" because it is the fruit of the seed which Judah herself had sown (Ho 8:7; 10:12; Job 4:8; Pr 22:8). Judah, under Ahaz, lost a hundred twenty thousand "slain in one day (by Israel under Pekah), because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers." when I returned the captivity of my people--when I, by Oded My prophet, caused two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, of Judah to be restored from captivity by Israel (2Ch 28:6-15). This prophecy was delivered under Pekah [Ludovicus De Dieu]. Maurer explains, When Israel shall have been exiled for its sins, and has been subsequently restored by Me, thou, Judah, also shalt be exiled for thine. But as Judah's punishment was not at the time when God restored Israel, Ludovicus De Dieu's explanation must be taken. Grotius translates, "When I shall have returned to make captive (that is, when I shall have again made captive) My people." The first captivity of Israel under Tiglath-pileser was followed by a second under Shalmaneser. Then came the siege of Jerusalem, and the capture of the fenced cities of Judah, by Sennacherib, the forerunner of other attacks, ending in Judah's captivity. But the Hebrew is elsewhere used of restoration, not renewed punishment (De 30:3; Psa 14:7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee - Thou also hast transgressed; thy harvest will come; thou shalt be reaped down and sent into captivity. The sickle is already thrust in. That which thou hast sowed shalt thou reap. They who sow unto the flesh shall reap corruption. When I returned the captivity of my people - Bp. Newcome translates, "Among those who lead away the captivity of my people." There is thy harvest; they who have led Israel into captivity shall lead thee also into the same. The Assyrians and Babylonians were the same kind of people; equally idolatrous, equally oppressive, equally cruel. From the common reading some suppose this to be a promise of return from captivity. It is true that Judah was gathered together again and brought back to their own land, but the majority of the Israelites did not return, and are not now to be found.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 6:4-11

Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the early dew, and they were as vile as ever. Therefore the Lord sent awful messages by the prophets. The word of God will be the death either of the sin or of the sinner. God desired mercy rather than sacrifice, and that knowledge of him which produces holy fear and love. This…

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Hosea 6:11 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.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
יְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahO JudahH3063
שָׁ֥תshathe has appointedH7896
קָצִ֖ירka.Tzira harvestH7105
לָ֑ךְLakhfor you
בְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.Viwhen turn back IH7725
שְׁב֥וּתshe.Vut[the] captivity ofH7622
עַמִּֽי\׃\ \פ'a.Mipeople myH5971

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Cross references for Hosea 6:11

  • Joel 3:13

    Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

  • Job 42:10

    And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

  • Micah 4:12

    But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

  • Jeremiah 51:33

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

  • Revelation 14:15

    And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

  • Zephaniah 2:7

    And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

  • Psalms 126:1

    A Song of degrees. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

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he hath.
Jer 51:33; Joe 3:13; Mic 4:12; Re 14:15
when.
Job 42:10; Ps 126:1; Zep 2:7

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Context

  • Hosea 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Hosea 6:11

    Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

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Hosea 6:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También Judá puso en ti una planta, habiendo yo vuelto la cautividad de mi pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour toi aussi, Juda, une moisson t’est assignée, quand je rétablirai les captifs de mon peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch über dich, Juda, ist eine Ernte verhängt, wenn ich die Gefangenschaft meines Volkes wenden werde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et Juda, pone messem tibi, cum convertero captivitatem populi mei.