The Meaning of Hosea 4:7 Explained

Hosea 4:7

KJV: As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

YLT: According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.

Darby: As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

ASV: As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 4:7?

MEANING: What does Hosea 4:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 4:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hosea 4:7?

What is the context of Hosea 4:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame.

What does Hosea 4:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

God had blessed the Israelites by increasing their Numbers , but their response to this blessing had been to increase their sinning against Him. Consequently He would change their glory, a large population (or perhaps Yahweh Himself), into shame; He would reduce their numbers (and withdraw from them).

Context Summary

Hosea 4:1-10 - "like People, Like Priest"

This chapter contains a terrible indictment against the whole kingdom. There was neither truth nor mercy in the land, but swearing, lying, and adultery. Apart from the restraints of religion, such would be the condition of human society today. Even atheists have been known to remove from mining-camps, where there was no semblance of religion, to places within the sound of the church-bell. Notice in Hosea 4:3 how man's sin seems to affect even the animals. "The whole creation groaneth and travaileth"¦ waiting for our adoption" as the recognized sons of God, Romans 8:22-23.

Rightly enough, the prophet remonstrates with the priests. They were drunken and sensual; they rejected the knowledge and rule of God; they promoted outward ritual in order to fatten on the offerings of the people; and as it was with them, so it became with the deluded worshipers. What a solemn lesson is contained in the proverb which originated in this passage, Like people, like priest! It is not what we teach, but what we are, that really affects men. The colorless rays of the sun, lying outside the prismatic band of color, give health. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 4

¹ God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities
¹² He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests,
¹³ and moral dissolution of the people,
¹⁴ he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment
¹⁵ He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved

What do the individual words in Hosea 4:7 mean?

The more they increased so the more they sinned against Me their glory into shame I will change

כְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ן חָֽטְאוּ־ לִ֑י כְּבוֹדָ֖ם בְּקָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר

כְּרֻבָּ֖ם	The more they increased
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural Root: הַרְבָּה Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
כֵּ֣ן	so
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
חָֽטְאוּ־	the more they sinned
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: חָטָא Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
לִ֑י	against Me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
כְּבוֹדָ֖ם	their glory
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: כָּבֹוד Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.
בְּקָל֥וֹן	into shame
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular Root: קָלֹון Sense: shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy.
אָמִֽיר	I will change
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: מוּר Sense: to change, exchange.

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