Hosea 6:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים בְּאִמְרֵי־פִ֑י וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ א֥וֹר יֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

Therefore ḥāṣaḇtî by-the-nәḇîʾîm, hăraḡtîm by-ʾimrê-my-mouth, and-mišpāṭeḵā ʾôr yēṣēʾ

Grammar Details

• *ḥāṣaḇtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I hewed/cut down
• *nәḇîʾîm*: noun, masculine plural - prophets
• *hăraḡtîm*: perfect, 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I killed them
• *ʾimrê*: construct plural noun - words of/sayings of
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
• *yēṣēʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes forth/comes out

Word Meanings

• *ḥāṣaḇtî*: I hewed/I cut down/I carved out
• *hăraḡtîm*: I killed them/I slew them
• *ʾimrê*: words/sayings/utterances
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: your judgments/your justice/your ordinances

Referenced Verses

• Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
• Jer 1:10 : 10 see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
• Jer 5:14 : 14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
• Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent therefore; or else {G1161} I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 9:15 : 15 And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
• Rev 9:21 : 21 and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
• Jer 13:13 : 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
• Jer 1:18 : 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
• Ezek 3:9 : 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
• Ezek 43:3 : 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
• Zeph 3:5 : 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
• Acts 7:31 : 31 And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came {G4314} {G846} a voice of the Lord,
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
• 1 Kgs 14:6 : 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?
• 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
• 2 Kgs 1:16 : 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
• 2 Chr 21:12 : 12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
• Job 34:10 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Ps 37:6 : 6 And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.