Parallel
Hosea 5
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
“Listen to this, you priests!
“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.
The rebels are deep in slaughter,
The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
I know Ephraim,
I know all about Ephraim (note: That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verses 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14), and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God,
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.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD,
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
They are unfaithful to the LORD;
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon (note: Or their New Moon feast or the coming month) will devour them along with their land.
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven (note: Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29.): Lead on, O Benjamin!
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones (note: See Proverbs 22:28 and Proverbs 23:10.); I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed,
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols (note: Or to follow human precepts).
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king (note: Or to King Jareb). But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,
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.
I will go and return to my place,
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”