King James Version
Hosea 12:11 in the King James Version says “Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps i...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. ministry: Heb. hand
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.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“in Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
“Is there iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“surely they are vanity”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“are as heaps”
H1530something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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