Hosea 9 · Verse 15

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 9:15, King James Version

Hosea 9:15 in other translations

BSBAll their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
WEB“All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds, I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
ASVAll their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.
YLTAll their evil is in Gilgal, Surely there I have hated them, Because of the evil of their doings, Out of My house I do drive them, I add not to love them, all their heads are apostates.
DARBYAll their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebellious.
BBEAll their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.
WebsterAll their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

What does Hosea 9:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. All their wickedness--that is, their chief guilt. Gilgal--(see on Ho 4:15). This was the scene of their first contumacy in rejecting God and choosing a king (1Sa 11:14, 15; compare 1Sa 8:7), and of their subsequent idolatry. there I hated them--not with the human passion, but holy hatred of their sin, which required punishment to be inflicted on themselves (compare Mal 1:3). out of mine house--as in Ho 8:1: out of the land holy unto Me. Or, as "love" is mentioned immediately after, the reference may be to the Hebrew mode of divorce, the husband (God) putting the wife (Israel) out of the house. princes ... revolters--"Sarim ... Sorerim" (Hebrew), a play on similar sounds.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal - Though we are not directly informed of the fact, yet we have reason to believe they had been guilty of some scandalous practices of idolatry in Gilgal See Hos 4:15. For there I hated them - And therefore he determined, "for the wickedness of their doings, to drive them out of his house," so that they should cease to be a part of the heavenly family, either as sons or servants; for he would "love them no more," and bear with them no longer.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 9:11-17

. God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is departed, what can the creature do? Even though, for the present, good things seem to remain, yet the blessing is gone if God is gone. Even the children should perish with the parents. The Divine wrath dries up the root, and withers the fruit of all comforts; and the scattered Jews daily warn us to…

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Hosea 9:15 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.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
רָעָתָ֤םra.'a.Tamwickedness theirH7451
בַּגִּלְגָּל֙ba.gil.Gal[is] in <the> GilgalH1537
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033
שְׂנֵאתִ֔יםse.ne.TimI hated themH8130
עַ֚ל'alonH5921
רֹ֣עַRo.a'[the] wickedness ofH7455
מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.Hemdeeds theirH4611
מִבֵּיתִ֖יmi.bei.Tifrom house myH1004
אֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם'a.ga.re.ShemI will drive out themH1644
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
אוֹסֵף֙'o.SefI will repeatH3254
אַהֲבָתָ֔ם'a.ha.va.Tamto love themH160
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שָׂרֵיהֶ֖םsa.rei.Hemleaders theirH8269
סֹרְרִֽים\׃so.re.Rim[are] rebelliousH5637

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 9:15

  • Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • 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 Beth–aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

  • Hosea 12:11

    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.

  • Amos 5:5

    But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.

  • 1 Samuel 7:16

    And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

  • Joshua 4:19-24

    And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. …

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  • Zephaniah 3:3

    Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

  • Leviticus 26:30

    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Psalms 78:60

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

  • Jeremiah 33:24-26

    Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
is in.
4:15; 12:11; Jos 4:19-24; 5:2-9; 10:43; 1Sa 7:16; Am 4:4; 5:5; Mic 6:5
I hated.
Le 26:30; Eze 23:18; Zec 11:8
I will drive.
3,17; 1:6,9; 3:4; 1Ki 9:7-9; 2Ki 17:17-20; Ps 78:60; Jer 3:8; 11:15
Jer 33:24-26; Am 5:27
all.
5:1,2; Isa 1:23; Jer 5:5; Eze 22:27; Mic 3:11; Zep 3:3; Ac 4:5-7,27
Ac 5:21

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Context

  • Hosea 9:14

    Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

  • 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 9:16

    Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

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Hosea 9:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Toda la maldad de ellos fué en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión: por la malicia de sus obras echarélos de mi casa; no los amaré más; todos sus príncipes son desleales.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Toute leur méchanceté est à Guilgal, car là, je les ai haïs; à cause de la méchanceté de leurs actions, je les chasserai de ma maison. Je ne les aimerai plus. Tous leurs princes sont des rebelles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alle ihre Bosheit ist zu Gilgal, denn daselbst habe ich sie gehaßt. Wegen der Bosheit ihrer Handlungen werde ich sie aus meinem Hause vertreiben; ich werde sie nicht mehr lieben; alle ihre Fürsten sind Abtrünnige.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnes nequitiæ eorum in Galgal, quia ibi exosos habui eos. Propter malitiam adinventionum eorum, de domo mea ejiciam eos; non addam ut diligam eos: omnes principes eorum recedentes.