King James Version
Hosea 6:11 in the King James Version says “Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.”
Hosea 6:11 · KJV
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent : for they commit lewdness. by: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem lewdness: or, enormity
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Also O Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“for thee when I returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“the captivity”
H7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
“of my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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