The Meaning of Hosea 13:6 Explained

Hosea 13:6

KJV: According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

YLT: According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

Darby: According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

ASV: According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

According to their pasture,  so were they filled;  they were filled,  and their heart  was exalted;  therefore have they forgotten  me. 

What does Hosea 13:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

When they entered the Promised Land and began to enjoy rich pastures, they soon became self-satisfied, proud, and forgot their God. Prosperity is often a greater temptation to depart from conscious dependence on God than adversity Isaiah , and Israel fell into that trap.

Context Summary

Hosea 13:1-14 - To Oppose God Is Destruction
Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-confidence, we pass as the morning cloud the dew, the chaff, and the smoke.
In Hosea 13:4 we again get the sweet strain of early memory. God had not changed and was waiting to save. They had refused His help and had destroyed themselves, and He who would have done His best for them had been constrained to act as though He were a lion, a leopard, or a bear. In the wilderness we are thankful enough for His help, but when we reach the land of the vine and olive, we follow the devices and desires of our own hearts.
What a magnificent outburst is that which declares the divine intention to ransom even from death and the grave! We all know the New Testament setting of these words. Our Savior by His death destroyed him that had the power of death. He is death's plague and the grave's destruction. The sting of death is sin, but Jesus has borne sin away. The strength of sin is a violated law, but He has fulfilled the law. He is more than conqueror, and the soul that is one with Him shall share His triumph. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 13

1  Ephraim's glory vanishes
4  God's anger
9  God's mercy
15  The judgment of Samaria

What do the individual words in Hosea 13:6 mean?

When they had pasture and they were filled they were filled and was exalted their heart upon thus they forgot Me
כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רָם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־ כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙  When  they  had  pasture 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מַרְעִית  
Sense: pasturing, pasturage, shepherding.
וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ  and  they  were  filled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
שָׂבְע֖וּ  they  were  filled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
וַיָּ֣רָם  and  was  exalted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
לִבָּ֑ם  their  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֖ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי  they  forgot  Me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: כָּשַׁח 
Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.