Bible Strands
Hosea 6:11
Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses the southern kingdom of Judah immediately after condemning the spiritual prostitution of the northern kingdom, Israel.
The words — The Hebrew קָצִיר (ka.Tzir) means "a harvest," paired with שָׁת (shat) for "he has appointed" to mark a fixed time. The phrase שׁוּבִי שְׁב֥וּת (shuvi shevut) literally translates to "turn back captivity," describing the reversal of exile.
The thread — This harvest imagery echoes Joel 3:13, while the theme of restoration parallels Job 42:10 and Jeremiah 51:33.
Why it lands — The text declares a divinely scheduled reckoning followed by the reversal of exile, requiring the reader to recognize that covenant faithlessness triggers a fixed judgment before any restoration occurs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Cross-references
- Joel 3:13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
- Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
- Jeremiah 51:33 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
- Micah 4:12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
- Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Zephaniah 2:7 The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.