Hosea 6:5

Therefore have. hewed them, &c.. This is why. hewed them. Hebrew idiom, by which the declaration that. thing should be done is spoken of the personal act of doing it. See note on Jeremiah 1:18. and compare Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 5:14.

by the prophets: i.e. declared by the prophets.

thy judgments are.. regrouping of the letters of the Hebrew word agrees with the Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, and reads "My judgment is". Hosea 6:5 speaks of Jehovah's acts (see Structure, above). Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 33:2). App-92.

the light. light.