Hosea 6:11 (DRB)

Passage

And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back the captivity of my people.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:9 And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

Hosea 6:10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:11 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back the captivity of my people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "juda", "thee", "harvest", "shall", "bring", "back", and "captivity". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "juda", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "I have seen a horrible thing in...", giving immediate footing for "thou" and "juda". In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "juda" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.