5 Hear this, priests!(A)
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah(B)
and a net spread out on Tabor.
2 Rebels(C) are deeply involved in slaughter;(D)
I will be a punishment for all of them.
3 I know Ephraim,(E)
and Israel is not hidden from Me.
For now, Ephraim,(F)
you have acted promiscuously;
Israel is defiled.
4 Their actions do not allow them
to return to their God,(G)
for a spirit of promiscuity is among them,(H)
and they do not know the Lord.(I)
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.(J)
Both Israel and Ephraim stumble
because of their wickedness;(K)
even Judah will stumble with them.(L)
6 They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord(M)
but do not find Him;(N)
He has withdrawn from them.(O)
7 They betrayed the Lord;(P)
indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.(Q)
Now the New Moon(R) will devour them
along with their fields.(S)
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah,(T)
the trumpet in Ramah;(U)
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:(V)
After you, Benjamin!(W)
9 Ephraim will become a desolation(X)
on the day of punishment;(Y)
I announce what is certain
among the tribes of Israel.(Z)
10 The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;(AA)
I will pour out My fury(AB) on them like water.(AC)
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,(AD)
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.
12 So I am like rot to Ephraim(AE)
and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria(AF)
and sent a delegation to the great king.(AG)
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.(AH)
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim(AI)
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.(AJ)
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.(AK)
15 I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;(AL)
they will search for Me in their distress.(AM)
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:2
- Hosea 5:5
- Hosea 5:11
- Hosea 5:13
Cross references
- 5:1 : Hs 4:1
- 5:1 : Hs 9:8
- 5:2 : Hs 9:15
- 5:2 : Hs 4:2; 6:9
- 5:3 : Hs 6:4; 7:1; Am 3:2; 5:12
- 5:3 : Hs 6:10
- 5:4 : Hs 4:11
- 5:4 : Hs 4:12
- 5:4 : Hs 4:6, 11, 14
- 5:5 : Hs 7:10
- 5:5 : Hs 4:5
- 5:5 : Ezk 23:31-35
- 5:6 : Hs 8:13; Mc 6:6-7
- 5:6 : Is 1:15; Jr 14:12
- 5:6 : Ezk 8:6
- 5:7 : Is 48:8; Hs 6:7
- 5:7 : Hs 2:4
- 5:7 : Hs 2:11
- 5:7 : Is 1:14
- 5:8 : Hs 9:9; 10:9
- 5:8 : Is 10:29; Jr 31:15
- 5:8 : Hs 4:15
- 5:8 : Jdg 5:14
- 5:9 : Is 28:1-4; Hs 9:11-17
- 5:9 : Is 37:3
- 5:9 : Is 46:10; Zch 1:6
- 5:10 : Dt 27:17
- 5:10 : Ezk 7:8
- 5:10 : Ps 32:6; 93:3-4
- 5:11 : Hs 9:16
- 5:12 : Ps 39:11; Is 51:8
- 5:13 : Hs 7:11; 8:9; 12:1
- 5:13 : Hs 10:6
- 5:13 : Hs 14:3
- 5:14 : Ps 7:2; Hs 13:7; Am 3:4
- 5:14 : Ps 50:22
- 5:14 : Mc 5:8
- 5:15 : Is 64:7-9; Jr 3:13-14
- 5:15 : Ps 50:15, 78:34; Jr 2:27; Hs 3:5
