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Hosea 5
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 1 Against the Priests and rulers of Israel. 13 The help of man is in vain.
1 O ye Priests, hear this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and give ye ear, O house of the King: for judgment is toward you, because you have been a [a]snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 Yet they were profound to decline to [b]slaughter, though I have been a [c]rebuker of them all.
3 I know [d]Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not give their minds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
5 And the [e]pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
6 They shall go with their sheep, and with their bullocks, to seek the Lord: but they shall not find him: for he hath withdrawn himself from them.
7 They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten [f]strange children: now shall [g]a month devour them with their portions.
8 Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah, and the shame in Ramah: cry out at Beth Aven, after thee, O [h]Benjamin.
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I caused to [i]know the truth.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that [j]remove the bound: therefore will I pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the [k]commandment.
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a rottenness.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto [l]Assyria, and sent unto King [m]Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a lion’s whelp, to the house of Judah: I, even I will spoil and go away: I will take away, and none shall rescue it.
15 I will go, and return to my place, till they acknowledge their fault, and seek me: in their affliction, they will seek me diligently.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:1 The Priests and Princes caught the poor people in their snares, as the fowlers did the birds, in these two high mountains.
- Hosea 5:2 Notwithstanding they seemed to be given altogether to holiness, and to sacrifices which here he calleth slaughter in contempt.
- Hosea 5:2 Though I had admonished them continually by my Prophets.
- Hosea 5:3 They boasted themselves not only to be Israelites, but also Ephraimites, because their king Jeroboam came of that tribe.
- Hosea 5:5 Meaning, their contemning of all admonitions.
- Hosea 5:7 That is, their children are degenerate, so that there is no hope in them.
- Hosea 5:7 Their destruction is not far off.
- Hosea 5:8 That is, all Israel comprehended under this part, signifying that the Lord’s plagues should pursue them from place to place till they were destroyed.
- Hosea 5:9 By the success they shall know that I have surely determined this.
- Hosea 5:10 They have turned upside down all political order and all manner of religion.
- Hosea 5:11 To wit, after king Jeroboam’s commandment, and did not rather follow God.
- Hosea 5:13 Instead of seeking for remedy at God’s hand.
- Hosea 5:13 Who was king of the Assyrians.
Hosea 5
New International Version
Hosea 5
New International Version
Judgment Against Israel
5 “Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment(A) is against you:
You have been a snare(B) at Mizpah,
a net(C) spread out on Tabor.
2 The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(D)
I will discipline all of them.(E)
3 I know all about Ephraim;
Israel is not hidden(F) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.(G)
4 “Their deeds do not permit them
to return(H) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution(I) is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge(J) the Lord.
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies(K) against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(L) in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.(M)
6 When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord,(N)
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn(O) himself from them.
7 They are unfaithful(P) to the Lord;
they give birth to illegitimate(Q) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(R)
he will devour[a](S) their fields.
8 “Sound the trumpet(T) in Gibeah,(U)
the horn in Ramah.(V)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[b];(W)
lead on, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will be laid waste(X)
on the day of reckoning.(Y)
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.(Z)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.(AA)
I will pour out my wrath(AB) on them
like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
trampled in judgment,
intent on pursuing idols.[c](AC)
12 I am like a moth(AD) to Ephraim,
like rot(AE) to the people of Judah.
13 “When Ephraim(AF) saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(AG)
and sent to the great king for help.(AH)
But he is not able to cure(AI) you,
not able to heal your sores.(AJ)
14 For I will be like a lion(AK) to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(AL) and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(AM)
15 Then I will return to my lair(AN)
until they have borne their guilt(AO)
and seek my face(AP)—
in their misery(AQ)
they will earnestly seek me.(AR)”
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and
- Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
- Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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