Hosea 4:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ן חָֽטְאוּ־לִ֑י כְּבוֹדָ֖ם בְּקָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר׃

Transliteration

kə-rubbām kēn ḥāṭəʾû-lî kəbôdām bə-qālôn ʾāmîr

Grammar Details

*kə-rubbām*: preposition + noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their abundance/multiplication
*kēn*: adverb - thus/so
*ḥāṭəʾû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they sinned
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me
*kəbôdām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their glory/honor
*bə-qālôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for/into shame/dishonor
*ʾāmîr*: imperfect, 1st person singular, hiphil - I will exchange/change

Word Meanings

*rubbām*: their abundance/greatness/increase/multiplication
*kəbôd*: glory/honor/abundance
*qālôn*: shame/dishonor/disgrace
*ʾāmîr*: exchange/change/convert

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Referenced Verses

Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Mal 2:9 : 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Ezra 9:7 : 7 Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Jer 2:26-27 : 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets; 27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Hos 4:10 : 10 And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hos 6:9 : 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly [ pillars.]
Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

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