Hosea 12:11
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
פַּר
par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
גִּלְגָּל
Gilgâl
Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּר par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
Study H6499 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Study H1568 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →Cross References
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
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.
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...
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