Hosea 6:7

But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant,.... The false prophets, as Aben Ezra, whom he threatened to cut off and slay, Hos 6:5; or rather Ephraim and Judah, whose goodness was so fickle and…

But they like men - Or (better as in the E. M) “like Adam, have transgressed the covenant.” As Adam our first parent, in Paradise, not out of any pressure, but wantonly, through self-will and pride,…

But they like men (כאדם keadam, "like Adam") have transgressed the covenant - They have sinned against light and knowledge as he did. This is sense, the other is scarcely so. There was a striking…

Two things, two evil things, both Judah and Ephraim are here charged with, and justly accused of: -

I. That they were not firm to their own convictions, but were unsteady, unstable as water, Hos 6:4,…

The contrast between Israel's conduct and Jehovah's requirements.

But they like men Literally, But they they like (other) men transgress the covenant (or, perhaps, the ordinance, see on Hos 8:1). The…