Hosea 10:9 (YLT)

Passage

From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:7 Cut off is Samaria! Its king <FI>is<Fi> as a chip on the face of the waters.

Hosea 10:8 And destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.

Hosea 10:9 From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.

Hosea 10:10 When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> a trained heifer--loving to thresh, And I--I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause <FI>one<Fi> to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "gibeah", "thou", "hast", "sinned", "israel", "stood", and "overtake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "gibeah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And destroyed have been high places of..." into verse 10's "When I desire then I do bind...", so "days" and "gibeah" 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 "days" and "gibeah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.