Hosea 9:15
New International Version
“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

New Living Translation
The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels.

English Standard Version
Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.

Berean Standard Bible
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

King James Bible
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

New King James Version
“All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them from My house; I will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.

New American Standard Bible
All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will no longer love them; All their leaders are rebels.

NASB 1995
All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels.

NASB 1977
All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels.

Legacy Standard Bible
All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels.

Amplified Bible
All their wickedness [says the LORD] is focused in Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their [idolatrous] practices I will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel)! I will love them no longer; All their princes are rebels.

Christian Standard Bible
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I came to hate them. I will drive them from My house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

American Standard Version
All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

Contemporary English Version
Israel, I first began to hate you because you did evil at Gilgal. Now I will chase you out of my house. No longer will I love you; your leaders betrayed me.

English Revised Version
All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house: I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"All Ephraim's wickedness began in Gilgal; I hated the people there. I will force them out of my temple because of their wickedness, and I won't love them anymore. All their officials are rebellious.

Good News Translation
The LORD says, "All their evildoing began in Gilgal. It was there that I began to hate them. And because of the evil they have done, I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them any more; all their leaders have rebelled against me.

International Standard Version
"All of their wickedness started in Gilgal, because I began to hate them there. Because of the wickedness of their behavior, I will drive them from my Temple. I will not love them anymore; all their leaders are rebels.

Majority Standard Bible
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

NET Bible
Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels.

New Heart English Bible
"All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more. All their rulers are rebels.

Webster's Bible Translation
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

World English Bible
“All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds, I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
All their evil [is] in Gilgal, "" Surely there I have hated them, "" Because of the evil of their doings, "" Out of My house I drive them, "" I no longer love them, "" All their heads [are] apostates.

Young's Literal Translation
All their evil is in Gilgal, Surely there I have hated them, Because of the evil of their doings, Out of My house I do drive them, I add not to love them, all their heads are apostates.

Smith's Literal Translation
All their wickedness in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the evil of their doings I will drive them out from my house, I will not add to love them: all their chiefs are turning away.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
All their wickedness is in Galgal, for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their devices I will cast them forth out of my house: I will love them no more, all their princes are revolters.

Catholic Public Domain Version
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for I held them there, in their hatred. Because of the malice of their inventions, I will expel them from my house. I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.

New American Bible
All their misfortune began in Gilgal; yes, there I rejected them. Because of their wicked deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no longer; all their princes are rebels.

New Revised Standard Version
Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal; there I came to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their officials are rebels.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them; because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
All their evils in Galgala, because there I have hated them; in the evil of their strategies of my house I shall send them out and I shall not continue to show love to them. All their Rulers are rebellious
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them; Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of My house; I will love them no more, All their princes are rebellious.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
All their wickedness is in Galgal: for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their practices, I will cast them out of my house, I will not love them any more: all their princes are disobedient.

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Audio Bible



Context
Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment
14Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! 15All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious. 16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 14:10
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

Amos 5:21-23
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Isaiah 1:14
I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Jeremiah 6:30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

2 Kings 17:18
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

Lamentations 2:6
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

Isaiah 7:17
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

Ezekiel 23:18
When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.

Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

1 Samuel 15:26
“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

Matthew 23:37-38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Luke 13:34-35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

John 2:13-17
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. / In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ...

Matthew 21:12-13
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Revelation 2:4-5
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. / Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.


Treasury of Scripture

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebels.

is in.

Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

Hosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Joshua 4:19-24
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho…

I hated.

Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Ezekiel 23:18
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

I will drive.

Hosea 9:3,17
They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria…

Hosea 1:6,9
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away…

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

all.

Hosea 5:1,2
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor…

Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Jeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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Hosea 9
1. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.














All their evil is at Gilgal
The phrase "All their evil is at Gilgal" refers to a significant location in Israel's history. Gilgal was the first campsite of the Israelites after they crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land (Joshua 4:19-20). It was a place of initial consecration and renewal of the covenant with God. However, over time, Gilgal became associated with idolatry and rebellion against God. The Hebrew root for "evil" (רָעָה, ra'ah) indicates not just moral wickedness but also the resulting calamity and distress. This phrase underscores the depth of Israel's apostasy, as even places of historical spiritual significance have become centers of sin.

I began to hate them there
The expression "I began to hate them there" is a strong anthropopathic description of God's response to Israel's sin. The Hebrew word for "hate" (שָׂנֵא, sane) conveys intense aversion and rejection. This is not a capricious or emotional hatred but a divine response to persistent unfaithfulness and idolatry. It reflects God's holiness and justice, as well as the seriousness of Israel's covenant violations. The use of "began" suggests a turning point, indicating that Gilgal's corruption marked a significant moment in God's dealings with Israel.

Because of the wickedness of their deeds
The phrase "Because of the wickedness of their deeds" provides the rationale for God's judgment. The Hebrew word for "wickedness" (רָעָה, ra'ah) is the same as used earlier, emphasizing the moral corruption and its consequences. "Deeds" (מַעֲלָל, ma'alal) refers to actions or practices, highlighting that Israel's sin was not merely theoretical but manifested in concrete behaviors. This underscores the biblical principle that faith and obedience are inseparable, and that persistent disobedience leads to divine judgment.

I will drive them out of My house
"I will drive them out of My house" is a metaphorical expression of God's rejection of Israel. "My house" refers to the land of Israel, which was considered God's dwelling place among His people. The verb "drive out" (גָּרַשׁ, garash) is often used in the context of expulsion or divorce, indicating a severance of the relationship. This reflects the covenantal nature of Israel's relationship with God, where continued disobedience results in exile and loss of divine favor.

I will no longer love them
The phrase "I will no longer love them" is a poignant declaration of the withdrawal of God's covenantal love. The Hebrew word for "love" (אָהַב, ahav) encompasses loyalty, affection, and commitment. This statement does not imply a change in God's character but rather a response to Israel's persistent unfaithfulness. It serves as a sobering reminder of the conditional aspects of the Mosaic Covenant, where blessings are contingent upon obedience.

All their leaders are rebellious
"All their leaders are rebellious" highlights the pervasive nature of Israel's apostasy, extending even to its leadership. The Hebrew word for "leaders" (שָׂרִים, sarim) refers to princes or officials, those who were supposed to guide the nation in righteousness. "Rebellious" (סָרַר, sarar) indicates stubbornness and defiance against God's authority. This phrase underscores the failure of leadership in maintaining covenant faithfulness and the resulting moral decay of the nation. It serves as a warning of the consequences when those in authority lead people away from God.

(15) Gilgal.--On Gilgal as a seat of idolatrous worship, see Hosea 4:15. "My house" here, and in Hosea 8:1 ("Jehovah's house"), is interpreted by Wnsche and Nowack, with considerable show of reason, to mean the "holy land," Canaan. This interpretation is confirmed by the use of the Assyrian word Bitu, corresponding to the Hebrew beth "house." The term seems to have blended the conception of a people and the territory they occupied. (See Schrader, Keilinschriften und das alte Testament, p. 540, where the examples are cited Bit-Am-ma-na "Ammon," Bit-A-di-ni, "Beth-Eden.") Similarly, Egypt is called in Exodus 20:2, "the house of slaves." We are reminded by the word "house" of the domestic episode (Hosea 1-3): Ephraim, like an adulterous wife, is turned out of house and home (comp. Hosea 3:4), and is no longer Jehovah's people (Hosea 1:9).

Verses 15-17. - After the interruption by the excited question of the prophet in ver. 14, the terrible storm of denunciation sweeps on to the end of the chapter. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them; or, there I conceived hatred against them, the verb being used in an inchoative sense. Gilgal had been the scene of many mercies; there the rite of circumcision, the seal of the Abrahamic covenant, after its omission dining the sojourn in the wilderness, was renewed; there the Passover, also intermitted from its second observance at Sinai, was kept; there the twelve memorial stones had been set up; there the Captain of the host of the Lord had appeared to Joshua, reassuring him of Divine protection; there the tabernacle had stood before its removal to Shiloh; yet that very place - a place of such blessing and solemn covenanting-had become the scene of idolatry and iniquity. The wickedness of Israel had been concentrated there as in a focus; there Israel's rejection of the theocracy in its spiritual form had taken place; there that first-plague's pot of ruin had been contracted; there the calf-worship had been developed; there the form of civil government had been shaped according to their own erring fancy, and their mode of religious worship had been corrupted. Thus Gilgal had become the center of all their sin; but the scene of mercy became the source of wrath, for there God's fatherly love was turned by Israel's wickedness into hatred. For the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more. They were driven out like Hagar out of the house of the patriarch, that Ishmael might not inherit with Isaac; like an unfaithful wife divorced and driven out of the house of the husband whom she has dishonored; or like an undutiful and disobedient son whom his father has disinherited. Further, God disowns the rebellious son, and acknowledges the paternal relationship no longer. The princes of Israel had become rebellions and stubborn: by an impressive Hebrew paronomasia, their sarim, rulers, had become sorerim, revolters. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Ephraim is a pleasant plant, but a worm has smitten the root and it has withered; Ephraim is a goodly tree, but the lightning of heaven has scorched and dried it up; there may be leafage for a time, but no fruitage ever. Yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. The desires - margin, dear delights, or, darlings - perish, and so the figure is now dropped, and the fact is seen in all its severe and stern reality, while the dread denunciation of vers. 11 and 12 is repeated and emphasized. My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. The prophet submits his will to the Divine will, and acquiesces in the disposals of his providence, and in his own proper person predicts Israel's coming doom. He fills up the outline of the dark picture by stating the cause of their rejection. He specifies at the same time the character of rejection, namely, dispersion among the nations, like birds driven from their nest, for so the term nodedim denotes.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their evil
רָעָתָ֤ם (rā·‘ā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

appears at Gilgal,
בַּגִּלְגָּל֙ (bag·gil·gāl)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1537: Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

I hated them.
שְׂנֵאתִ֔ים (śə·nê·ṯîm)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8130: To hate

I will drive them
אֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם (’ă·ḡā·rə·šêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

from My house
מִבֵּיתִ֖י (mib·bê·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1004: A house

for
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the wickedness
רֹ֣עַ (rō·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7455: Badness, evil

of their deeds.
מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם (ma·‘al·lê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4611: A deed, practice

I will no
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

longer
אוֹסֵף֙ (’ō·w·sêp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

love them;
אַהֲבָתָ֔ם (’a·hă·ḇā·ṯām)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 160: Love (noun)

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their leaders
שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם (śā·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

are rebellious.
סֹרְרִֽים׃ (sō·rə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory


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