Hosea 5:8-15

Amplified Bible

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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]!”
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Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is certain.
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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)
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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).
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Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
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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].
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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.
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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,