Hosea 11:6 meaning and explanation

A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

Hosea 11:6, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks through Hosea to the northern kingdom, Ephraim, in the decades before Assyria destroyed it in 722 BC. Verse 6 follows the charge that Israel refused to repent and would be ruled by Assyria.

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