Hosea 6:10 (KJV)

Passage

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Hosea 6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seen", "horrible", "house", "israel", "whoredom", "ephraim", and "defiled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seen" and "horrible", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And as troops of robbers wait for..." into verse 11's "Also O Judah he hath set an...", so "seen" and "horrible" 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 "seen" and "horrible" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.