{"book":"Hosea","slug":"hosea","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hosea","prev":"hosea/4","next":"hosea/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Hear this, O priests!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Take heed, O house of Israel!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Give ear, O royal house!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For this judgment is against you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because you have been a snare at Mizpah,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a net spread out on Tabor."}],"h":"Judgment on Israel and Judah","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The rebels are deep in slaughter;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but I will chastise them all."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.","f":["That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verses 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I know all about Ephraim,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Israel is not hidden from Me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For now, O Ephraim,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have turned to prostitution;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Israel is defiled."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Their deeds do not permit them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to return to their God,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for a spirit of prostitution is within them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they do not know the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even Judah stumbles with them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They go with their flocks and herds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to seek the LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"but they do not find Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has withdrawn Himself from them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.","f":["Or their New Moon feast or the coming month"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They have been unfaithful to the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they have borne illegitimate children."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Now the New Moon will devour them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with their land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!","f":["Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the trumpet in Ramah;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"raise the battle cry in Beth-aven:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Lead on, O Benjamin!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Ephraim will be laid waste"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day of rebuke."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Among the tribes of Israel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I proclaim what is certain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.","f":["See Proverbs 22:28 and Proverbs 23:10."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The princes of Judah"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are like those who move boundary stones;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will pour out My fury"},{"style":"indent2","t":"upon them like water."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.","f":["Or to follow human precepts"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for he is determined to follow worthless idols."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I am like a moth to Ephraim,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and like decay to the house of Judah."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you [or] heal your wound.","f":["Or to King Jareb"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When Ephraim saw his sickness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Judah his wound,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"then Ephraim turned to Assyria"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sent to the great king."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But he cannot cure you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[or] heal your wound."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, [even] I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off [where] no one can rescue them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I am like a lion to Ephraim"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and like a young lion to the house of Judah."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I, [even] I, will tear them to pieces"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and then go away."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will carry them off"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[where] no one can rescue them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then I will return to My place"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until they admit their guilt and seek My face;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}