Hosea calls Gilead a city of evil-doers, as being a rendezvous for wicked men, to express the thought that the whole land was as full of evil-doers as a city is ...

It has also the signification of the heel of a man's foot, and is by some rendered, "trodden by blood"; that is, by bloody men: or "footed" or "heeled by blood" ...

All is judged now aright; because self is judged before the God who brings them near Him. Their repentance is genuine and the fruit of grace. "Asshur shall not ...

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

The verse is a powerful reminder of the importance of remaining steadfast in the ways of God and the destructive nature of turning away from His commandments.

The verse discusses Israel's failure to remain faithful to God, likening their unfaithfulness to a fleeting mist that quickly vanishes under the sun.

6:6-8. To love God and our neighbour is better than all burnt offering and sacrifice, Mk. 12:33; Ps. 51:16, 17. Not but that sacrifice and offering were ...

Hosea has told Israel that God is going to leave them for a long time (5:15). But here, he tells them that God will bring them health.

David Guzik commentary on Hosea 6, where God calls Israel to return to Him, pointing out the sin of the nation of Israel and of Judah.

Gilead is a city of evildoers: Gilead was a city in the district of Gilead east of the Jordan River. Its precise location is unknown.