Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 6:5

"Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth." — Hosea 6:5 (ASV)

The Septuagint renders, Therefore I have mowed down their prophets; but this would destroy the parallelism, in which “prophets” correspond to “words of my mouth.” The sense is, I have slain them by the announcement of deserved doom.

Your judgments ...—An error has crept here into the Masoretic text from which the Septuagint and other ancient versions are free. The mistake consists in misplacing an initial letter as a final one. Translate, My judgment shall go forth as the light, clear, victorious, and beneficent. (Compare the language of Psalms 37:6 and Isaiah 62:1-2.)