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Hosea 5
New King James Version

### Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

5 “Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For [a]yours is the judgment,
Because (A)you have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.
2 The revolters are (B)deeply involved in slaughter,
Though I rebuke them all.
3 (C)I know Ephraim,
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, (D)you commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.

4 “They[b] do not direct their deeds
Toward turning to their God,
For (E)the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the Lord.
5 The (F)pride of Israel testifies to his face;
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.

6 “With their flocks and herds
(G)They shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 They have (H)dealt treacherously with the Lord,
For they have begotten [c]pagan children.
Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

8 “Blow(I) the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah!
(J)Cry aloud at (K)Beth Aven,
‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

10 “The princes of Judah are like those who (L)remove a landmark;
I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
11 Ephraim is (M)oppressed and broken in judgment,
Because he willingly walked by (N)human precept.
12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
And to the house of Judah (O)like rottenness.

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (P)wound,
Then Ephraim went (Q)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
14 For (R)I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
(S)I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
15 I will return again to My place
Till they [d]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

#### Footnotes

1. Hosea 5:1 Or to you
2. Hosea 5:4 Or Their deeds will not allow them to turn
3. Hosea 5:7 Lit. strange
4. Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment

#### Cross references

1. Hosea 5:1 : Hos. 6:9
2. Hosea 5:2 : Is. 29:15; Hos. 4:2; 6:9
3. Hosea 5:3 : Amos 3:2; 5:12
4. Hosea 5:3 : Hos. 4:17
5. Hosea 5:4 : Hos. 4:12
6. Hosea 5:5 : Hos. 7:10
7. Hosea 5:6 : Prov. 1:28; Is. 1:15; Jer. 11:11; Ezek. 8:18; Mic. 3:4; John 7:34
8. Hosea 5:7 : Is. 48:8; Jer. 3:20; Hos. 6:7
9. Hosea 5:8 : Hos. 8:1; Joel 2:1
10. Hosea 5:8 : Is. 10:30
11. Hosea 5:8 : Josh. 7:2
12. Hosea 5:10 : Deut. 19:14; 27:17
13. Hosea 5:11 : Deut. 28:33
14. Hosea 5:11 : Mic. 6:16
15. Hosea 5:12 : Prov. 12:4
16. Hosea 5:13 : Jer. 30:12–15
17. Hosea 5:13 : 2 Kin. 15:19; Hos. 7:11; 10:6
18. Hosea 5:14 : Ps. 7:2; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:7, 8
19. Hosea 5:14 : Ps. 50:22

New King James Version (NKJV)

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