Hosea 5-8
New American Standard Bible
The People’s Apostasy Rebuked
5 Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, you of the house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
Because you have been a (A)trap at Mizpah,
And a net spread out on Tabor.
2 And the (B)rebels have (C)gone deep in [a]depravity,
But I will discipline all of them.
3 I (D)know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;
Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful,
Israel has defiled itself.
4 Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a (E)spirit of [b]infidelity is within them,
And they (F)do not know the Lord.
5 Moreover, the (G)pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing;
(H)Judah also has stumbled with them.
6 They will (I)go with their flocks and herds
To seek the Lord, but they will (J)not find Him;
He has (K)withdrawn from them.
7 They have (L)dealt treacherously with the Lord,
For they have given birth to [c](M)illegitimate children.
Now the (N)new moon will devour them with their [d]land.
8 (O)Blow the horn in (P)Gibeah,
And the trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“(Q)Behind you, Benjamin!”
9 Ephraim will become a (R)desolation in the (S)day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I (T)make known what is trustworthy.
10 The leaders of Judah have become like those who (U)displace a boundary marker;
On them I will (V)pour out My anger (W)like water.
11 Ephraim is (X)oppressed, broken by judgment,
(Y)Because he was determined to follow [e]man’s command.
12 Therefore I am like a (Z)moth to Ephraim,
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his [f]sore,
Ephraim then went to (AA)Assyria
And sent word to [g](AB)King Jareb.
But he is (AC)unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your [h]sore.
14 For I will be (AD)like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
(AE)I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be (AF)no one to rescue.
15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [i](AG)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will (AH)search for Me.
The Response to God’s Rebuke
6 “(AI)Come, let’s return to the Lord.
For (AJ)He has torn us, but (AK)He will heal us;
He has [j]wounded us, but He will (AL)bandage us.
2 He will (AM)revive us after two days;
He will (AN)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So let’s (AO)learn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His (AP)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (AQ)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, (AR)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a (AS)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (AT)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the (AU)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that [k]shines.
6 For (AV)I [l]desire loyalty (AW)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But (AX)like [m]Adam they have (AY)violated the covenant;
There they have (AZ)dealt treacherously with Me.
8 (BA)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with (BB)bloody footprints.
9 And as a (BC)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests (BD)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of (BE)infamy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (BF)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (BG)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, Judah, there is a (BH)harvest appointed for you,
When I (BI)restore the fortunes of My people.
Ephraim’s Wrongdoing
7 When I (BJ)would heal Israel,
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they practice (BK)deception;
The thief enters,
A band of (BL)robbers attack outside,
2 And they do not [n]consider in their hearts
That I (BM)remember all their wickedness.
Now their (BN)deeds surround them;
They are before My face.
3 (BO)With their wickedness they make the (BP)king happy,
And the officials with their (BQ)lies.
4 They are (BR)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops [o]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
5 On the [p]day of our king, the officials (BS)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with [q](BT)scoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an (BU)oven
As they approach their [r]plotting;
Their [s]anger [t]smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their (BV)rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
(BW)None of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim is himself (BX)thrown about with the [u]nations;
Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.
9 (BY)Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he (BZ)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 Though the (CA)pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet (CB)they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.
11 So (CC)Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, (CD)without [v]sense;
They call to (CE)Egypt, they go to (CF)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (CG)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (CH)discipline them in accordance with the [w]proclamation to their assembly.
13 (CI)Woe to them, for they have (CJ)strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I (CK)would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
14 And (CL)they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they [x](CM)assemble themselves,
They (CN)turn against Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (CO)devise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not [y]upward,
They are like a (CP)loose bow;
Their officials will fall by the sword
Because of the [z](CQ)insolence of their tongue.
This will be their (CR)derision in the land of Egypt.
Israel Reaps the Whirlwind
8 (CS)Put the trumpet to your [aa]lips!
(CT)Like an eagle the enemy comes (CU)against the house of the Lord,
Because they have (CV)violated My covenant
And rebelled against My (CW)Law.
2 (CX)They cry out to Me,
“My God, (CY)we of Israel know You!”
3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
4 (CZ)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed officials, but I did not know it.
With their (DA)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
So that [ab]they will be eliminated.
5 [ac]He has rejected your (DB)calf, Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (DC)innocence?
6 For from Israel comes even this!
A (DD)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Assuredly, the calf of Samaria will be broken to [ad]pieces.
7 For (DE)they sow wind
And they harvest a (DF)storm.
The standing grain has no [ae]kernels;
It yields (DG)no [af]grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.
8 Israel has been (DH)swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a (DI)vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to (DJ)Assyria,
Like (DK)a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has (DL)paid fees for [ag]lovers.
10 Even though they [ah]pay for allies among the nations,
I will (DM)gather them up now;
And they will begin (DN)to diminish
Because of the burden of the (DO)king of officials.
11 Since Ephraim has (DP)multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though (DQ)I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My (DR)Law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for My (DS)sacrificial gifts,
They (DT)sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But the Lord has taken no delight in them.
Now He will (DU)remember their guilt,
And (DV)punish them for their sins;
They will return to (DW)Egypt.
14 For Israel has (DX)forgotten his Maker and (DY)built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a (DZ)fire on its cities, and it will consume its palatial buildings.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:2 Or slaughter
- Hosea 5:4 Or prostitution
- Hosea 5:7 Lit strange
- Hosea 5:7 Lit portions
- Hosea 5:11 Or with some ancient versions, nothingness
- Hosea 5:13 Or ulcer
- Hosea 5:13 Or another reading is the great king; or the contentious king
- Hosea 5:13 Or ulcer
- Hosea 5:15 Or suffer their punishment
- Hosea 6:1 Lit struck
- Hosea 6:5 Lit proceeds
- Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in
- Hosea 6:7 Or men
- Hosea 7:2 Lit say to their
- Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
- Hosea 7:5 I.e., a festive occasion
- Hosea 7:5 Or rebels
- Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
- Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; MT baker
- Hosea 7:6 Lit is asleep
- Hosea 7:8 Lit peoples
- Hosea 7:11 Lit heart
- Hosea 7:12 Lit report
- Hosea 7:14 Or LXX and many ancient mss gash themselves
- Hosea 7:16 Or possibly to the Most High
- Hosea 7:16 Lit cursing
- Hosea 8:1 Lit palate
- Hosea 8:4 Lit he
- Hosea 8:5 Or Your calf has rejected you
- Hosea 8:6 Or splinters
- Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
- Hosea 8:7 Or meal
- Hosea 8:9 Lit love gifts
- Hosea 8:10 Or recruit allies
Revelation 2
New American Standard Bible
Message to Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church in (A)Ephesus write:
The One who holds (B)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks [a](C)among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
2 ‘(D)I know your deeds and your labor and [b]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have (E)put those who call themselves (F)apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3 and you have [c]perseverance and have endured (G)on account of My name, and have not become weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have (H)left your first love. 5 Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and (I)repent, and (J)do the [d]deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and I will remove your (K)lampstand from its place—unless you repent. 6 But you have this, that you hate the deeds of the (L)Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 (M)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (N)To the one who overcomes, I will grant to eat from (O)the tree of life, which is in the (P)Paradise of God.’
Message to Smyrna
8 “And to the angel of the church in (Q)Smyrna write:
(R)The first and the last, who [e](S)was dead, and has come to life, says this:
9 ‘I know your (T)tribulation and your (U)poverty (but you are (V)rich), and the [f]slander by those who (W)say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of (X)Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be (Y)tested, and you will have tribulation (Z)for ten days. [g]Be (AA)faithful until death, and I will give you (AB)the crown of life. 11 (AC)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AD)The one who overcomes will not be hurt by the (AE)second death.’
Message to Pergamum
12 “And to the angel of the church in (AF)Pergamum write:
The One who has (AG)the sharp two-edged sword says this:
13 ‘I know where you dwell, where (AH)Satan’s throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny (AI)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My (AJ)witness, My (AK)faithful one, who was killed among you, (AL)where Satan dwells. 14 But (AM)I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the (AN)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a [h]stumbling block before the sons of Israel, (AO)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you too, have some who in the same way hold to the teaching of the (AP)Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore (AQ)repent; or else (AR)I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with (AS)the sword of My mouth. 17 (AT)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AU)To the one who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden (AV)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a (AW)new name written on the stone (AX)which no one knows except the one who receives it.’
Message to Thyatira
18 “And to the angel of the church in (AY)Thyatira write:
(AZ)The Son of God, (BA)who has [i]eyes like a flame of fire, and [j]feet like burnished bronze, says this:
19 ‘(BB)I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and [k]perseverance, and that your [l]deeds of late are greater than [m]at first. 20 But (BC)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman (BD)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they (BE)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 (BF)I gave her time to repent, and she (BG)does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who (BH)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [n]her deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with [o]plague, and all the churches will know that I am He who (BI)searches the [p]minds and hearts; and (BJ)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 But I say to you, the rest who are in (BK)Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the (BL)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I (BM)place no other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless (BN)what you have, hold firmly (BO)until I come. 26 (BP)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds (BQ)until the end, (BR)I will give him authority over the [q]nations; 27 and he shall [r](BS)rule them with a rod of iron, (BT)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28 and I will give him (BU)the morning star. 29 (BV)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Footnotes
- Revelation 2:1 Lit in the middle of
- Revelation 2:2 Or steadfastness
- Revelation 2:3 Or steadfastness
- Revelation 2:5 Lit first deeds
- Revelation 2:8 Lit became
- Revelation 2:9 Or blasphemy
- Revelation 2:10 Or Prove yourself faithful
- Revelation 2:14 I.e., a temptation to sin
- Revelation 2:18 Lit His eyes
- Revelation 2:18 Lit His feet
- Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness
- Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds
- Revelation 2:19 Lit the first
- Revelation 2:22 One early ms their
- Revelation 2:23 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death
- Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys; i.e., inner man
- Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles
- Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd
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