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Will not war again overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah, there has been only sin and more sin! You have made no progress whatsoever. Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; There they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity Did not overtake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel; There they stand! Will the battle against the sons of injustice not overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />O Israel, you have [willfully] sinned since the days of Gibeah; There they (Israel) stand! Will not the battle against the sons of wickedness overtake them at Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel, you have never stopped sinning since that time at Gibeah. That's why you will be attacked at Gibeah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; that the battle against the children of iniquity should not overtake them in Gibeah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel, you have sinned ever since the incident at Gibeah. You never change. War will overtake the wicked people in Gibeah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "The people of Israel have not stopped sinning against me since the time of their sin at Gibeah. So at Gibeah war will catch up with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"From the time of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel; There they took their stand; the battle at Gibeah could not subdue the lawless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, "" There they have stood, "" Battle does not overtake them in Gibeah, "" Because of sons of perverseness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From the days of the hill thou didst sin, O Israel: there they stood: the battle in the hill against the sons of iniquity shall not overtake them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />From the days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned, there they stood: the battle in Gabaa against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah, Israel has sinned; in this, they remained firm. The battle in Gibeah against the sons of iniquity will not take hold of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel. There they took their stand; will war not reach them in Gibeah? Against a perverse people <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not war overtake them in Gibeah?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Ramtha; there they shall remain, and the battle in Ramtha against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From the days of Ramtha you have sinned, Israel; there they will remain and war shall not overtake them in Ramtha against the children of evil<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel; There they stood; No battle was to overtake them in Gibeah, Nor the children of arrogancy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />From the time the hills <i>existed</i> Israel has sinned: there they stood: war <i>waged</i> against the children of iniquity<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/10-9.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=1577" 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/10.htm">Retribution for Israel's Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·mê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Since the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/1390.htm" title="1390: hag·giḇ·‘āh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Hill, three cities in Pal. The same as gib'ah; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine.">of Gibeah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">you have sinned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·mā·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">you have remained.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: mil·ḥā·māh (N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">the battle</a> <a href="/hebrew/1390.htm" title="1390: bag·giḇ·‘āh (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Hill, three cities in Pal. The same as gib'ah; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine.">in Gibeah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5381.htm" title="5381: ṯaś·śî·ḡêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs:: 3mp) -- To reach, overtake. A primitive root; to reach.">overtake</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5932.htm" title="5932: ‘al·wāh (N-fs) -- Moral perverseness. For evel; moral perverseness.">of iniquity?</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.…<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="/judges/19-22.htm">Judges 19:22-30</a></span><br />While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!” / The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage. / Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1-48</a></span><br />Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. / The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords. / (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1-25</a></span><br />Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” / So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. / “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">Isaiah 31:6</a></span><br />Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<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="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></span><br />Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Ezekiel 16:47-52</a></span><br />And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were. / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done. / Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">Ezekiel 23:1-49</a></span><br />Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, / and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-32</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-11</a></span><br />These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12-22</a></span><br />These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. / The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. / Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.</p><p class="hdg">from.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a></b></br> They have deeply corrupted <i>themselves</i>, as in the days of Gibeah: <i>therefore</i> he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/19-22.htm">Judges 19:22-30</a></b></br> <i>Now</i> as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, <i>and</i> beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/20-5.htm">Judges 20:5,13,14</a></b></br> And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, <i>and</i> thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead… </p><p class="hdg">the battle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/20-17.htm">Judges 20:17-48</a></b></br> And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these <i>were</i> men of war… </p><p class="hdg">did.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></b></br> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a></b></br> And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart <i>is</i> evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Zephaniah 3:6,7</a></b></br> I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-56.htm">Arrogancy</a> <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/daniel/10-12.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Gibeah</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Gib'e-Ah</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/daniel/11-31.htm">Position</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/daniel/12-13.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/daniel/12-5.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Arrogancy</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/matthew/9-35.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/joshua/15-57.htm">Gibeah</a> <a href="/joshua/15-57.htm">Gib'e-Ah</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/amos/6-9.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm">Perverseness</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-1.htm">Position</a> <a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">and exhorted to repentance.</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'; 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This period is marked by moral decay and lawlessness, illustrating Israel's persistent sinfulness. The mention of Gibeah serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, highlighting a pattern of rebellion that has persisted since those days. It underscores the nation's failure to learn from past mistakes and repent.<p><b>and there you have remained</b><br>This phrase suggests that Israel has not progressed spiritually or morally since the time of Gibeah. It implies a stagnation in their relationship with God, as they continue to dwell in sin. The use of "remained" indicates a stubbornness and unwillingness to change, despite the opportunities for repentance and renewal that God has provided throughout their history.<p><b>Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?</b><br>The battle in Gibeah refers to the conflict that arose from the sin committed there, leading to a devastating war between the tribes of Israel. This serves as a warning that sin inevitably leads to judgment and destruction. The "sons of iniquity" are those who persist in their sinful ways, and the rhetorical question emphasizes the certainty of divine retribution. It serves as a call to recognize the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance, drawing a parallel to the impending judgment Hosea warns about.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeah.htm">Gibeah</a></b><br>A city in the territory of Benjamin, infamous for the atrocity committed against a Levite's concubine, which led to a civil war in Israel (Judges 19-21). It symbolizes deep-seated sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often depicted in Hosea as unfaithful to God, engaging in idolatry and moral corruption.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_of_iniquity.htm">Sons of Iniquity</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Israel who continue in sin and rebellion, drawing a parallel to the sinful acts committed in Gibeah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to Israel, emphasizing God's love and the need for repentance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/war.htm">War</a></b><br>Represents the impending judgment and consequences of Israel's persistent sin, as prophesied by Hosea.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_persistent_sin.htm">The Consequences of Persistent Sin</a></b><br>Just as Israel remained in sin since the days of Gibeah, persistent sin in our lives can lead to spiritual stagnation and eventual judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_lessons_for_modern_believers.htm">Historical Lessons for Modern Believers</a></b><br>The account of Gibeah serves as a warning against moral and spiritual complacency. We must learn from history to avoid repeating the same mistakes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Hosea's message is a call to return to God. True repentance involves turning away from sin and seeking God's forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is inevitable for those who continue in sin. However, His desire is for us to turn back to Him and receive His mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>Despite the grim warnings, Hosea's prophecy also points to the hope of restoration for those who repent and seek God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_origin_of_demons.htm">What is Gibeah's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_israel_worshiped_baal-peor.htm">In Hosea 9:10, is there archeological proof that Israel worshiped Baal-peor as portrayed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_israel_condemned_for_alliances.htm">Hosea 8:10: If alliances were necessary for survival in the ancient Near East, why is Israel condemned for making them?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_israel_return_to_tents_post-exodus.htm">Hosea 12:9: Is there any historical record of Israel returning to a nomadic lifestyle in tents after the Exodus period?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">O Israel . . . Gibeah.--</span>Thou didst commence thy obscene transgressions long before the disruption of the kingdom of Rehoboam, even at Gibeah. Gibeah is emblematic of gross and cruel sensuality, in allusion to <a href="/judges/19-20.htm" title="And the old man said, Peace be with you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only lodge not in the street.">Judges 19:20</a>, just as Sodom is used for unnatural vice.<p><span class= "bld">There they stood.</span>--Or rather, <span class= "ital">remained</span> sinning after the same manner. The rest of the verse should be rendered, <span class= "ital">Shall there not overtake them in Gibeah</span> (used mystically) <span class= "ital">the war made against the wicked?</span> (Comp. Judges 20) But Dr. Pusey and others take it categorically, implying that though the exterminating war against the men of Gibeah did not overtake them, and has not yet, it shall now, and soon. But the former interpretation is to be preferred.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah.</span> Two explanations given of this clause - namely, that which understands, <span class="accented">rain</span> comparatively, that is, "more than" - their sins were greater than those of the Benjamites in the days of Gibeah; and that which refers the sin here spoken of to the appointment of Saul, who was of Gibeah of Benjamin, to be king - must be unhesitatingly rejected. Tile sin of the men of Gibeah was the shameful outrage committed on the Levite's concubine by the men of Gibeah, which with its consequences is recorded in <a href="/judges/19.htm">Judges 19</a>. and 20. That sin became proverbial, overtopping, as it did, all ordinary iniquities by its shameless atrocity and heinousness. By along-continued course of sin, even from ancient days, Ephraim has been preparing for a fearful doom. <span class="cmt_word">There they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.</span> This portion of the verse is not a little perplexing, and in consequence has called forth considerable diversity of exposition. There is <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> that which is implied in the Authorized Version, viz. "there they <span class="accented">stood</span>," smitten twice but not destroyed, chastened but not killed, the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them then so as utterly to destroy them, but it shall overtake them now. Or if the verb "overtake," which is future, be strictly rendered, the meaning is - Not a battle like that in Gibeah against the children of iniquity shall overtake them, but one much more sanguinary and terrible, resulting, not in the reduction of a single tribe to six hundred men, but in the extirpation of ten tribes. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> That of Keil and others, though not the same, is similar. It is: "There, in Gibea, did they <span class="accented">remain</span>, persevering in the sin of Gibeah, and yet the war in Gibeah against the sinners has not overtaken them." This makes the meaning of the prophet to be that since the days of Gibeah the Israelites persevered in the same or like sin as the Gibeahites; and, though the Gibeahites were so severely punished, actually destroyed, because of their sin, the ten tribes of Israel, persisting in the same or similar sin, have not yet been resisted with any such exterminating war. Jehovah announces his intention now to visit them with punishment and severest chastisement for all. The meaning which Keil aims at may be better brought out by rendering the latter clause interrogatively; thus: "There they stood - persisting in the criminality of Gibeah - shall there not overtake them, living as they do in Gibeah, the war which exterminated the children of crime?" It is admitted that <span class="hebrew">עמר</span> may have been the meaning of "persevering;" but a better sense <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> is gained by Wunsche referring the subject of <span class="hebrew">עמדו</span> to the Benjamites; the suffix of <span class="hebrew">תשינם</span> to the <span class="hebrew">בני עולה</span>, or "children of iniquity," that is, their guilty tribesmen in Gibeah; taking the intermediate clause parenthetically; and <span class="hebrew">עמד</span> with <span class="hebrew">על</span> to "stand in defense of;" thus: "Since the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned, O Israel: there they (the Benjamites) stood in defense of the children of iniquity, that the war might not reach them in Gibeah." This gives a satisfactory sense, and intimates that, by a long-continued course of iniquity and crime, the Ephraimites were preparing themselves for a fearful fate. Already from days long gone by grievous guilt cleaved to them; thus in the days of Gibeah they (the Benjamites) stood by their iniquitous brethren that the battle in Gibeah might not reach them. As this was before the disruption, the Benjamites were part and parcel of Israel here represented by them. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/10-9.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">Since the days</span><br /><span class="heb">מִימֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(mî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Gibeah</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּבְעָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hag·giḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have sinned,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָטָ֖אתָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṭā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֣ם</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">you have remained.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמָ֔דוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mā·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the battle</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלְחָמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Gibeah</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגִּבְעָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(bag·giḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">overtake</span><br /><span class="heb">תַשִּׂיגֵ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaś·śî·ḡêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5381.htm">Strong's 5381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reach, overtake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of iniquity?</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽלְוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘al·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5932.htm">Strong's 5932: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moral perverseness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/10-9.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 10:9 Israel you have sinned from the days (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/10-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 10:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 10:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/10-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 10:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 10:10" /></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>