Hosea 4:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I 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 been partial in the law.
1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Ezra 9:7 : 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass 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 a spoil, 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 Saying 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 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on 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 by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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