Hosea 6:8 (DRB)

Passage

Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

Hosea 6:7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Hosea 6:8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "galaad", "city", "workers", "idols", "supplanted", and "blood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "galaad" and "city", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "But they like Adam have transgressed the..." into verse 9's "And like the jaws of highway robbers...", so "galaad" and "city" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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