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they were unfaithful to me there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But like Adam they have violated the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously with Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But like Adam they have trespassed against the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />At a place named Adam, you betrayed me by breaking our agreement. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But as soon as they entered the land at Adam, they broke the covenant I had made with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, "" There they dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they as man passed by the covenant: there they acted faithlessly against me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; in this, they have been dishonest with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But they, at Adam, violated the covenant; there they betrayed me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But they like men have transgressed my covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And those, as a son of man, passed over my covenant, and there they were unfaithful to me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But they like men have transgressed the covenant; There have they dealt treacherously against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/6-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=906" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Israel and Judah are Unrepentant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm·māh (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">But they,</a> <a href="/hebrew/121.htm" title="121: kə·’ā·ḏām (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- The same as 'adam; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine.">like Adam,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">have transgressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: ḇə·rîṯ (N-fs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">the covenant;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bā·ḡə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">they were unfaithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to Me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Genesis 3:6</a></span><br />When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-16.htm">Genesis 2:16-17</a></span><br />And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, / but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a></span><br />For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a></span><br />The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Romans 5:19</a></span><br />For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-14.htm">1 Timothy 2:14</a></span><br />And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-33.htm">Job 31:33</a></span><br />if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10</a></span><br />They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-6.htm">Psalm 106:6</a></span><br />We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-59.htm">Ezekiel 16:59</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">Ezekiel 20:27</a></span><br />Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.</p><p class="hdg">men.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Genesis 3:6,11</a></b></br> And when the woman saw that the tree <i>was</i> good for food, and that it <i>was</i> pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make <i>one</i> wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-33.htm">Job 31:33</a></b></br> If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:</p><p class="hdg">transgressed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1</a></b></br> <i>Set</i> the trumpet to thy mouth. <i>He shall come</i> as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></b></br> And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that <i>were</i> round about them, <i>concerning</i> whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a></b></br> The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.</p><p class="hdg">they dealt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Hosea 5:7</a></b></br> They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Isaiah 24:16</a></b></br> From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, <i>even</i> glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm">Isaiah 48:8</a></b></br> Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time <i>that</i> thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/31-33.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Faithlessly</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">False.</a> <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Unfaithful</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/3-38.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/joel/2-26.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Faithlessly</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Unfaithful</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Exhortations to repent and hope in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;</b><br>This phrase draws a parallel between the people of Israel and Adam, the first man created by God. Adam's transgression in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3) is seen as the original breach of covenant with God, where he disobeyed God's command and brought sin into the world. Similarly, the Israelites have broken their covenant with God, which was established at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24). This covenant was meant to set them apart as God's chosen people, but their repeated disobedience mirrors Adam's fall. The use of "like Adam" suggests a universal tendency towards sin and rebellion against God's commands, highlighting the need for redemption and a savior, which Christians see fulfilled in Jesus Christ (<a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-19</a>).<p><b>there they were unfaithful to Me.</b><br>The location "there" is not specified, but it implies a specific place or situation where the Israelites' unfaithfulness was evident. This could refer to various instances of idolatry and disobedience throughout Israel's history, such as the worship of the golden calf (Exodus 32) or the frequent turning to Baal worship (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a>). The term "unfaithful" underscores the relational aspect of the covenant, likening Israel's actions to marital infidelity. This imagery is consistent with the broader theme of Hosea, where Israel's idolatry is portrayed as spiritual adultery. The unfaithfulness of Israel contrasts with God's steadfast love and faithfulness, pointing to the need for repentance and the hope of restoration through God's mercy (<a href="/hosea/14.htm">Hosea 14:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, similar to the actions of Adam.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/adam.htm">Adam</a></b><br>The first man created by God, who transgressed God's command in the Garden of Eden, leading to the fall of humanity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>A solemn agreement between God and His people, which Israel repeatedly broke through idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/transgression.htm">Transgression</a></b><br>The act of violating a command or law, in this context, Israel's breaking of their covenant with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_covenant_faithfulness.htm">Understanding Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The concept of covenant is central to understanding our relationship with God. Just as Israel was called to be faithful, so are we called to uphold our commitments to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_transgression.htm">The Consequences of Transgression</a></b><br>Like Adam and Israel, our unfaithfulness has consequences. Recognizing the gravity of sin should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_a_new_heart.htm">The Need for a New Heart</a></b><br>The failure of Israel to keep the covenant points to the need for a transformation that only God can provide through the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>The history of Israel serves as a warning and a lesson. We must learn from their mistakes and strive to remain faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_new_covenant.htm">Hope in the New Covenant</a></b><br>Despite our failures, God offers hope through the new covenant in Christ, which provides forgiveness and a restored relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'adam'_in_hosea_6_7_an_anachronism.htm">In Hosea 6:7, is the reference to “Adam” a historical anachronism, and can it be confirmed or disproven archeologically? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_builds_the_house_if_not_the_lord.htm">What is the Covenant of Works?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_i_do_what_i_don't_want_to.htm">What does 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_covenant_of_works.htm">What is the Covenant of Works?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Critics differ much as to the interpretation of this verse. The marginal rendering supplies the strongest meaning. God made a covenant with Adam, and promised him the blessings of Paradise on condition of obedience. He broke the condition, transgressed the covenant, and was driven from his Divine home. So Israel had violated all the terms on which the goodly land of conditional promise had been bestowed. For the other references to Adam in the Old Testament see <a href="/psalms/82-7.htm" title="But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.">Psalm 82:7</a>; <a href="/job/31-33.htm" title="If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:">Job 31:33</a>. (See <span class= "ital">Excursus.</span>)<p><span class= "bld">EXCURSUS B (Hosea 6:7).</span><p>Buhl, in <span class= "ital">Zeitschrift fr Kirchliche Wissenschaft,</span> Part 5, 1881, throws some light on the enigmatical phrase <span class= "ital">keAdam,</span> by pointing out that <span class= "ital">Adam</span> is employed in many places to express all the other races of mankind as opposed to Israel. Thus, he translates <a href="/jeremiah/32-20.htm" title="Which have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made you a name, as at this day;">Jeremiah 32:20</a>, "Thou who didst perform wonders in Israel, as well as in Adam." Similarly <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm" title="Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore will I give men for you, and people for your life.">Isaiah 43:4</a>, on which Delitzsch remarks that those who do not belong to the chosen people are called <span class= "ital">Adam,</span> because they are regarded as nothing but descendants of Adam. In this passage the emphatic position of the Hebrew pronoun <span class= "ital">hemmah</span> lends significance to the contrasted term <span class= "ital">Adam.</span> The meaning, therefore, is--the Israelites, who should be a chosen race, belong now, through their violation of the covenant, to the heathen: have become, in fact, <span class= "ital">Lo'Ammi.</span> (Comp. <a href="/hosea/1-9.htm" title="Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.">Hosea 1:9</a>.) The word "there" in the last clause may refer to some local sanctuary, notorious for idolatrous corruption. This is confirmed by the mention of localities in the next verse. We prefer, however, to understand it (with the Targum of Jonathan) as referring to the Holy Land. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But they like men</span> (margin, <span class="accented">like Adam</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.</span> This verse is variously rendered. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> <span class="accented">They like men</span> (that is, men in general, or the rest of mankind, to whom they are in no way superior) <span class="accented">have transgressed the covenant</span>. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> <span class="accented">They are like men who transgress a covenant</span>; according to this rendering the word <span class="hebrew">אדם</span> is otiose, or adds nothing, nor is indeed required. <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> <span class="accented">They like Adam have transgressed the covenant</span>; this rendering, supported by the Vulgate, Cyril, Luther, Rosenmüller, and Wunsche, is decidedly preferable, and yields a suitable sense. God in his great goodness had planted Adam in Paradise; but Adam violated the commandment which prohibited his eating of the tree of knowledge, and thereby transgressed the covenant of his God. Loss of fellowship with God and expulsion from Eden were the penal consequences that immediately followed. Israel, like Adam, had been settled by God in Palestine, the glory of all lands; but, ungrateful for God's great bounty and gracious gift, they broke the covenant of their God, the condition of which, as in the case of the Adamic covenant, was obedience. Thus the comparison projects the shadow of a coming event when Israel would Jose the land of promise. There is still the word "there" to be accounted for. It cannot well be rendered "therein," nor taken as a particle of time equivalent to "the," with Cyril and others. It is local, and points to the place where their breach of covenant and faithlessness had occurred. Yet this local sense is not necessarily so limited as to be referred, with some, to Bethel, as the scene of their apostasy and idolatry. "<span class="accented">There</span>, to Israel," <span class="accented">says</span> Pusey, "<span class="accented">was</span> not only Bethel, or Dan, or Gilgal, or Mizpah, or Gilead, or any or all of the places which God had hallowed by his mercies and they had defiled. It was every high hill, each idol-chapel, each field-altar, which they had multiplied to their idols. To the sinners of Israel it was every spot of the Lord's land which they had defiled by their sin." The word thus acquires a very suggestive significance, reminding Israel of God's goodness on the one hand, and of their own sinfulness and ingratitude on the other. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/6-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But they,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵ֕מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like Adam,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּאָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_121.htm">Strong's 121: </a> </span><span class="str2">Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have transgressed</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the covenant;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְרִ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they were unfaithful</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֥גְדוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḡə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to act covertly, to pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 6:7 But they like Adam have broken (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 6:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/6-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 6:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>