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Hosea 5:8-15
Amplified Bible
Hosea 5:8-15
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8
Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah [the lofty hills on Benjamin’s northern border].
Sound the alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you and coming after you [is the enemy], O Benjamin [be on guard]!”
9
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is certain.
10
The princes of Judah are like those who [a]move a boundary marker;
I will pour out My wrath on them like [an unrestrained flood of] water.(A)
11
Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment,
Because he was determined to follow man’s command [b](vanities, filth, secular precepts).
12
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
13
When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord]
And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help].
But he cannot heal you
Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].
14
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go on [tearing];
I will carry off [the prey] and there will be no one to rescue them.
15
I will go away and return to My place [on high]
Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:10 I.e. like an official changing the laws of what is right and what is wrong by changing the legal standards.
- Hosea 5:11 “Vanities” is the rendering of The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament); “filth,” the rendering of the DSS.
Hosea 5:8-15
New International Version
Hosea 5:8-15
New International Version
8 “Sound the trumpet(A) in Gibeah,(B)
the horn in Ramah.(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[a];(D)
lead on, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will be laid waste(E)
on the day of reckoning.(F)
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.(G)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.(H)
I will pour out my wrath(I) on them
like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
trampled in judgment,
intent on pursuing idols.[b](J)
12 I am like a moth(K) to Ephraim,
like rot(L) to the people of Judah.
13 “When Ephraim(M) saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(N)
and sent to the great king for help.(O)
But he is not able to cure(P) you,
not able to heal your sores.(Q)
14 For I will be like a lion(R) to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(S) and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(T)
15 Then I will return to my lair(U)
until they have borne their guilt(V)
and seek my face(W)—
in their misery(X)
they will earnestly seek me.(Y)”
Footnotes
- 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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