Hosea 9:9
They
have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will
remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
a. NLT: The
things my people do are as depraved as what they did in Gibeah long ago. God
will not forget. He will surely punish them for their sins.
b. NIV: They
have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember
their wickedness and punish them for their sins.
c. YLT: They have gone deep -- have done corruptly,
As in the days of Gibeah, He doth remember their iniquity, He
doth inspect their sins.
d. Amplified Bible Classic: They have deeply
corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. The Lord will [earnestly]
remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
e. Septuagint: They have corrupted themselves
according to the days of the hill: he will remember their iniquities, he will
take vengeance on their sins.
f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: They
deepened, they corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember
their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
1. “They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in
the days of Gibeah…”
a. They have deeply [6009 * `amaq] [Strong: a
primitive root; to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or
figuratively):--(be, have, make, seek) deep(-ly), depth, be profound.]
b. corrupted themselves [7843 * shachath] [Strong: a
primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or
figuratively):--batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction),
lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).]
c. as in the days [3117 * yowm] [Strong: from an
unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from
sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of
time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb):--age, + always, +
chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two)
days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full,
life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually,
presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of)
time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a)
while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.]
d. of Gibeah [1390 * Gib`ah] [Strong: the same as 1389;
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine:--Gibeah, the hill.]
1). What happened in Gibeah that is described
as them becoming “deeply corrupted”? This is a reference to an event where a
group of homosexuals surrounded a house and demanded the owner to send out a
male visitor so they could fulfill their homosexual desires. The group of homosexuals
were instead given the visiting male’s concubine, who they raped so violently all
night long that she died. The events that transpired in Gibeah have many
similarities with the events that happened in Sodom centuries earlier.
2). It
must be noted that the text starts out with the phrase, “And it came to pass in
those days, when there was no king in Israel…” During those times in Israel
because there was no leader everyone did what they felt was right.
a).
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
b).
Judges 21:25 In those days
there was no king in Israel:
every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
c).
Judges 19:1-28 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in
Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount
Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
19:2 And
his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her
father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
19:3 And
her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring
her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought
him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he
rejoiced to meet him.
19:4 And
his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him
three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
19:5 And
it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that
he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort
thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
19:6 And
they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's
father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and
let thine heart be merry.
19:7 And
when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he
lodged there again.
19:8 And
he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's
father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until
afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
19:9 And
when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his
father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth
toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end,
lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your
way, that thou mayest go home.
19:10 But
the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over
against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled,
his concubine also was with him.
19:11 And
when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his
master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites,
and lodge in it.
19:12 And
his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a
stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
19:13 And
he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to
lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
19:14 And
they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they
were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
19:15 And
they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went
in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took
them into his house to lodging.
19:16 And,
behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was
also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place
were Benjamites.
19:17 And
when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the
city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
19:18 And
he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount
Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to
the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
19:19 Yet
there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine
also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy
servants: there is no want of any thing.
19:20 And
the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me;
only lodge not in the street.
19:21 So
he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they
washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
19:22 Now
as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain
sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and 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.
19:23 And
the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay,
my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come
into mine house, do not this folly.
19:24 Behold,
here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and
humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man
do not so vile a thing.
19:25 But
the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought
her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the
morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
19:26 Then
came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the
man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
19:27 And
her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went
out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the
door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
19:28 And
he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took
her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
2). The
events of that evening degenerated into a civil war that erupted between the
tribe of Benjamin and the other 11 tribes. The other tribes of Israel demanded
that the leaders of Benjamin put the homosexuals to death for their wickedness,
but the tribe of Benjamin refused and a civil war erupted. 65,000 men lost
their lives in the civil war. The entire civil war is recorded in chapter 20 of
the Book of Judges.
a). Judges
20:1-48 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of
Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
20:2 And
the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen
that drew sword.
20:3 (Now
the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to
Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
20:4 And
the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came
into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
20:5 And
the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by
night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that
she is dead.
20:6 And
I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the
country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and
folly in Israel.
20:7 Behold,
ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
20:8 And
all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent,
neither will we any of us turn into his house.
20:9 But
now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot
against it;
20:10 And
we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an
hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for
the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according
to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
20:11 So
all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
20:12 And
the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What
wickedness is this that is done among you?
20:13 Now
therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that
we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of
Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
20:14 But
the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto
Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
20:15 And
the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty
and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which
were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
20:16 Among
all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could
sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
20:17 And
the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men
that drew sword: all these were men of war.
20:18 And
the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked
counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against
the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
20:19 And
the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20:20 And
the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel
put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
20:21 And
the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the
ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
20:22 And
the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again
in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
20:23 (And
the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even,
and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against
the children of Benjamin my brother? And
the Lord said, Go up against him.)
20:24 And
the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second
day.
20:25 And
Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed
down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all
these drew the sword.
20:26 Then
all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the
house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day
until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before
the Lord.
20:27 And
the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant
of God was there in those days,
20:28 And
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,)
saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my
brother, or shall I cease? And the Lordsaid, Go up; for to morrow I will
deliver them into thine hand.
20:29 And
Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
20:30 And the children of Israel went up against
the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against
Gibeah, as at other times.
20:31 And
the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from
the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times,
in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to
Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
20:32 And
the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the
first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the
city unto the highways.
20:33 And
all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array
at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places,
even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
20:34 And
there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the
battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
20:35 And
the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred
men: all these drew the sword.
20:36 So
the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave
place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they
had set beside Gibeah.
20:37 And
the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew
themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
20:38 Now
there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait,
that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
20:39 And
when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill
of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are
smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
20:40 But
when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the
Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up
to heaven.
20:41 And
when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they
saw that evil was come upon them.
20:42 Therefore
they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the
wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities
they destroyed in the midst of them.
20:43 Thus
they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down
with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
20:44 And
there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
20:45 And
they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they
gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them
unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
20:46 So
that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that
drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
20:47 But
six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and
abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
20:48 And
the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them
with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and
all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
3). Perhaps
that is what is meant in the next chapter of Hosea when the prophet rebukes
them and tells them they have sinned since those days.
a). Hosea
10:9, 10 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.
10:10 It
is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered
against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
4). In
our own nation we have a culture war, where sides have been taken over certain
sins. One side of our culture supports child sacrifice and homosexuality while
the other side does not. It only reveals how deeply corrupted we as a nation
have become.
2). “…therefore he will remember their
iniquity, he will visit their sins.”
a. therefore he will remember [2142 * zakar] [Strong:
a primitive root; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember;
by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male:--X
burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount,
record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to
(in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.]
b. their iniquity [5771 * `avon; or oavown]
[Strong: from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil:--fault, iniquity,
mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.]
c. he will visit [6485 * paqad] [Strong: a
primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to
oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.:--appoint, X at all,
avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to
keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X
by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight,
punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit,
want.]
d. their sins [2403 * chatta'ah; or chattacth]
[Strong: from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its
penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an
offender:--punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner,
offering).]
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