Hosea 10:4
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Key Terms in This Verse
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Study H7219 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →Cross References
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a ...
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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