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.
²The 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.
⁵The ^(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He has withdrawn Himself from them.
⁷They 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!’
⁹Ephraim 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.
¹¹Ephraim is ^(M)oppressed and broken in judgment,
Because he willingly walked by ^(N)human precept.
¹²Therefore 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.
¹⁴For ^(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.
¹⁵I 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.”

Notas al pie

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

Hebrews 7:11-28

New King James Version

Need for a New Priesthood^(A)

¹¹^(B)Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? ¹²For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. ¹³For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has ^[a]officiated at the altar.

¹⁴For it is evident that ^(C)our Lord arose from ^(D)Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning ^[b]priesthood. ¹⁵And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest ¹⁶who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. ¹⁷For ^[c]He testifies:

^(E)“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁸For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of ^(F)its weakness and unprofitableness, ¹⁹for ^(G)the law made nothing ^[d]perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of ^(H)a better hope, through which ^(I)we draw near to God.

Greatness of the New Priest

²⁰And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath ²¹(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:

^(J)“The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
‘You are a priest ^[e]forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

²²by so much more Jesus has become a ^[f]surety of a ^(K)better covenant.

²³Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. ²⁴But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. ²⁵Therefore He is also ^(L)able to save ^[g]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives ^(M)to make intercession for them.

²⁶For such a High Priest was fitting for us, ^(N)who is holy, ^[h]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, ^(O)and has become higher than the heavens; ²⁷who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His ^(P)own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. ²⁸For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.