The Meaning of Hosea 6:7 Explained

Hosea 6:7

KJV: But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

YLT: And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

Darby: But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

ASV: But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 6:7?

MEANING: What does Hosea 6:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 6:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hosea 6:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But they like men  have transgressed  the covenant:  there have they dealt treacherously  against me. 

What does Hosea 6:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Like Adam, the first and typical man in an endless stream of human beings, the Israelites had violated God"s loving directions even though His blessings had been abundant. The AV translation "like men" (Heb. "adam) highlights Adam"s typical significance. The covenant that Adam transgressed was not the Mosaic Covenant, which the Israelites and Judahites had violated. It was the arrangement with Adam that God had specified for life within the Garden of Eden, the Adamic Covenant ( Genesis 2:16-17). Ever since Adam, all people, including God"s people, dealt treacherously with Him by trying to seize the sovereignty from God because they doubted His love for them.

Context Summary

Hosea 6:1-11 - "let Us Return Unto The Lord"
How full Scripture is of tender invitations: Come, and let us return! This opening verse is closely connected with Hosea 5:15. The hand that smote was the Father's who waited to welcome the prodigal nation with healing and up-binding. When the sun seems to dip below the horizon, we begin to travel toward its rising again. Then we follow on, to behold the glorious dawn of the next day, which is prepared for us. Presently we catch the first glimpse, and soon come into its full splendor. The sun does not move toward us, but we toward it. So when the soul turns toward God, if only it is willing to do His will, it has begun to follow on toward the light of His countenance, which presently will be revealed in its full radiance. God's favor is also compared to the fertilizing rain, for its certainty and refreshment, Genesis 8:22.
While God's love is constant, our religious life is fickle and changeful. Emotion is evanescent as the morning clouds, which in Palestine vanish by nine or ten o'clock. Our Lord quoted Hosea 5:6 in Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7. The pomp of outward ritual, however ornate, counts less with God than one contrite sigh or tear. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 6

1  Exhortations to repent and hope in God
4  A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction
5  Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them

What do the individual words in Hosea 6:7 mean?

But they like men transgressed the covenant there they dealt treacherously with Me
וְהֵ֕מָּה כְּאָדָ֖ם עָבְר֣וּ בְרִ֑ית שָׁ֖ם בָּ֥גְדוּ בִֽי

וְהֵ֕מָּה  But  they 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
כְּאָדָ֖ם  like  men 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: first man.
עָבְר֣וּ  transgressed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בְרִ֑ית  the  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
בָּ֥גְדוּ  they  dealt  treacherously 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.
בִֽי  with  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular

What are the major concepts related to Hosea 6:7?

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