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10 The princes of Judah have become
    like those who remove a boundary marker.
Upon them I will pour out
    My wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed
    and broken in judgment,
    because he eagerly followed after vanity.
12 Therefore I will be like pus to Ephraim
    and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

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10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(A)
I will pour out my wrath(B) on them
    like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](C)
12 I am like a moth(D) to Ephraim,
    like rot(E) to the people of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.