Hosea 6:5 (YLT)

Passage

Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

Nearby Context

Hosea 6:3 And we know--we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain--sprinkling earth.'

Hosea 6:4 What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness <FI>is<Fi> as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early--going.

Hosea 6:5 Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

Hosea 6:6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Hosea 6:7 And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "therefore", "hewed", "prophets", "slain", "sayings", "mouth", and "judgments". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "What do I do to thee O..." into verse 6's "For kindness I desired and not sacrifice...", so "light" and "therefore" 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 "light" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.