Hosea 5:2
"And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter,.... The revolters are the king, priests, and people, who had revolted from the true worship and ways of God unto idolatry. These formed deep laid schemes, and took crafty methods, like hawkers; who lay themselves flat upon the ground

to manage their snares and nets, and observe the creatures that fall into them, and take them, and whom they artfully decoy, to which the allusion is; and that either to slay those who would not comply with their false worship; or rather to multiply the sacrifices of slain beasts, and offer them with a great show of devotion and religion, and thereby beguile, entice, and ensnare simple and unwary souls; so the Targum, "they sacrifice to idols abundantly;'' and which, in the sight of God, was mere slaughter and butchery: though I have been a rebuker of them all; king, priests, and prophets; those idolaters, revolters, or worshippers of Baal, as Aben Ezra calls them: this is to be interpreted either of the prophet, who had freely, faithfully, and openly reproved all orders of men for their departure from God and his worship, and for their idolatrous practices; or of the Lord himself, which comes to the same sense, who had rebuked them by his prophets, and corrected them by his judgments, but to no purpose: and therefore they could not plead ignorance, or excuse themselves upon that account.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H7819 שָׁחַט
Definition:

6+, suffixוּשְׁחָטוֺconsecutiveLeviticus 3:2, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁחַטLeviticus 4:24+, 2 feminine singularוַתִּשְׁחֲטִיEzekiel 16:21, 3masculine plural suffixוַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּJudges 1 6+, suffixוּשְׁחָטוֺconsecutiveLeviticus 3:2, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁחַטLeviticus 4:24+, 2 feminine singularוַתִּשְׁחֲטִיEzekiel 16:21, 3masculine plural suffixוַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּJudges 1

Possible Meanings:
  • slaughter (semantic_range)
  • beat (semantic_range)
  • slaughter (semantic_range)
  • be slaughtered (semantic_range)
H7846 שֵׂט
Definition:

2and revolters have gone deep is slaughter(orשַׁחֲתָהin corruption), but dubious; We Bae Now GASm, compare GuKau, {abbrev}וְשַׁחַת הַשִּׁטִּים הֶעand the pit of Shittim they have made deep;עֲשׂה סֵטִי 2and revolters have gone deep is slaughter(orשַׁחֲתָהin corruption), but dubious; We Bae Now GASm, compare GuKau, {abbrev}וְשַׁחַת הַשִּׁטִּים הֶעand the pit of Shittim they have made deep;עֲשׂה סֵטִי

Possible Meanings:
  • swerver (semantic_range)
  • deeds that swerve (semantic_range)
H6009 עָמַק
Definition:

6(of׳יs designs; compare Assyrian above).Hiph`ilmake deep: Perfect3masculine singular (symbolic)הֶעְמִיק הִרְחִ֑בIsaiah 30:33(that is Tophet; van d. H.הֶעֱמִיק, and so in following); 3 masculine plura 6(of׳יs designs; compare Assyrian above).Hiph`ilmake deep: Perfect3masculine singular (symbolic)הֶעְמִיק הִרְחִ֑בIsaiah 30:33(that is Tophet; van d. H.הֶעֱמִיק, and so in following); 3 masculine plura

Possible Meanings:
  • unsearchable (semantic_range)
H0589 אֲנַי
Definition:

17;Genesis 9:9,12 + often Following a participle as its subject (to express mostly either a true present or the futurum instans [immanent future])Genesis 18:17הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִיAmos I hidingfrom Abraham 17;Genesis 9:9,12 + often Following a participle as its subject (to express mostly either a true present or the futurum instans [immanent future])Genesis 18:17הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִיAmos I hidingfrom Abraham

Possible Meanings:
  • ships (semantic_range)
  • fleet (semantic_range)
H4148 מוּסָר
Definition:

10discipline(of the moral nature),chastening, correction; —׳מJeremiah 2:3031t. (Ezekiel 5:15 strike out Co); constructמוּסַרDeuteronomy 11:214t. (forJob 12:28seeאסר); suffixמוּסָרִיProverbs 8:10;מוּסָ 10discipline(of the moral nature),chastening, correction; —׳מJeremiah 2:3031t. (Ezekiel 5:15 strike out Co); constructמוּסַרDeuteronomy 11:214t. (forJob 12:28seeאסר); suffixמוּסָרִיProverbs 8:10;מוּסָ

H3605 כֹּל
Definition:

8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA 8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA

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