Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hosea 12:11 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Hosea 12:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 12 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Hosea 12:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 12:11
Gilead iniquity, Gilgal sacrifice: '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.' Rhetorical question: is there אָוֶן (aven, iniquity) in Gilead? Answer: surely שָׁוְא (shav, vanity/worthlessness). At Gilgal they sacrifice שְׁוָרִים (shevarim, bulls); their altars like גַּלִּים (gallim, heaps) in furrows. This demonstrates multiplied false worship: geographic breadth (Gilead, Gilgal) and numeric excess (altars like stone heaps). More religion without true relationship intensifies guilt. Only...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 12:11
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“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity”
“they became for him altars for sinning.”
“they have adorned their sacred stones.”
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
“who was of the foreigners of Gilead”
“from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;”
“if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods”