Hosea 11:6
New International Version
A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

New Living Translation
War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.

English Standard Version
The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.

Berean Standard Bible
A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

King James Bible
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

New King James Version
And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

New American Standard Bible
And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will destroy their oracle priests And consume them, because of their counsels.

NASB 1995
The sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And consume them because of their counsels.

NASB 1977
And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And consume them because of their counsels.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the sword will whirl against their cities And will consume their gate bars And devour them because of their counsels.

Amplified Bible
The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities, And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications And will consume them because of their counsels.

Christian Standard Bible
A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.

American Standard Version
And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The sword shall cause distress in their cities and it will vanish from their hands, and they shall eat of their counsels

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased to war with his hands: and they shall eat of the fruit of their own devices:

Contemporary English Version
War will visit their cities, and their plans will fail.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and sha.ll devour their heads.

English Revised Version
And the sword shall fall upon his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
War will sweep through their cities, demolish their city gates, and put an end to their plans.

Good News Translation
War will sweep through their cities and break down the city gates. It will destroy my people because they do what they themselves think best.

International Standard Version
The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the sword shall fall upon his cities, And shall consume his bars, and devour them, Because of their own counsels.

Literal Standard Version
The sword has been grievous in his cities, | And it has ended his bars, and consumed—from their own counsels.

Majority Standard Bible
A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

New American Bible
The sword shall rage in his cities: it shall destroy his diviners, and devour them because of their schemings.

NET Bible
A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

New Revised Standard Version
The sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their schemes.

New Heart English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

World English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

Young's Literal Translation
Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Out of Egypt I Called my Son
5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? 6A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. 7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself--the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: "I abhor Jacob's pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it."


Treasury of Scripture

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

the sword.

Hosea 10:14
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Leviticus 26:31,33
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours…

consume.

Psalm 80:11-16
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river…

Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Isaiah 18:5
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

because.

Hosea 10:6
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Psalm 106:39,43
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions…

Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

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Hosea 11
1. The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits.
5. His judgment.
8. God's mercy toward them.
12. Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity.














(6) The rendering of the English version is here incorrect. Render, Then shall the sword be brandished amid his cities, and utterly destroy his princes. The word for "princes" is, literally, bars, the heroes, leaders, or defenders of the state being aptly called barriers, or bulwarks. Analogous metaphors frequently occur in the Old Testament; such is the interpretation of the Targum.

Verse 6. - And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them. A more accurate rendering would be, and the sword shall sweep round in its cities, and destroy its bolts and devour. Nay, they could not free themselves from invasion and attack. The sword of war would whirl down upon their cities and consume the branches, that is, the villages, or the city bars, or the strong warriors set for defense. Some understand the word so variously interpreted in the sense of "liars," and refer it to the prophets, priests, and politicians who spake falsehood and. acted deceitfully. The word הלח is rendered

(1) "the sword," as the principal weapon in ancient warfare and the symbol of war's destructive power shall sweep round in, circulate, or make the round of the cities of Israel; but

(2) others," whirl down," "light on ;" thus both Rashi and Kimchi. Again, בַדּים is, as already intimated, variously rendered. The most appropriate translation

(a) is (literally, "poles for carrying the ark," Exodus 25:13) "bolts or bars" for securing gates, the root being בדד, to separate. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A sword
חֶ֙רֶב֙ (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

will whirl
וְחָלָ֥ה (wə·ḥā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

through their cities;
בְּעָרָ֔יו (bə·‘ā·rāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

it will destroy
וְכִלְּתָ֥ה (wə·ḵil·lə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

the bars of their gates
בַדָּ֖יו (ḇad·dāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

and consume [them]
וְאָכָ֑לָה (wə·’ā·ḵā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

in their own plans.
מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (mim·mō·‘ă·ṣō·w·ṯê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4156: Counsel, plan, principle, device


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