Hosea 5:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Those in rebellion have sunk deep into violence, even as God has kept warning every one of them.
What Does Hosea 5:2 Mean?
The word translated revolters pictures people who have turned aside, who have made a settled practice of straying. They are described as profound, gone far down, in their readiness to do harm. Against this the LORD sets His own steady response: He has been a rebuker, correcting them all along, not striking in silence but pleading and warning.
Sin tends downward; what begins as a turning aside becomes a depth from which a person cannot climb alone. Yet notice God's patience even here. He has not abandoned them to the slide; He keeps speaking, keeps correcting. Divine rebuke is itself a mercy, the voice that refuses to let us go quietly to ruin. The God who corrects is the God who longs to restore, and His warnings are the reaching of a hand.
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What does Hosea 5:2 mean?
Those in rebellion have sunk deep into violence, even as God has kept warning every one of them.