Hosea 5
The Punishment for
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Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye
house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a
net spread upon Tabor.
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And the revolters are profound to make
slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them
all.
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I know E'phra-im, and Israel is not hid
from me: for now, O E'phra-im, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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They will not frame their doings to turn
unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst
of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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5 |
And the pride of Israel doth testify to
his face: therefore shall Israel and E'phra-im fall in their
iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
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6 |
They shall go with their flocks and with
their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall
not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
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They have dealt treacherously against the
LORD; for they have begotten strange children:
now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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Blow ye the cornet in Gib'e-ah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-a'ven,
after thee, O Benjamin.
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E'phra-im shall be desolate in the day of
rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which
shall surely be.
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10 |
The princes of Judah were like them that
remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon
them like water.
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11 |
E'phra-im is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the
commandment.
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12 |
Therefore will I be unto
E'phra-im as a moth, and to the house of Judah as
rottenness.
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When E'phra-im saw his sickness, and
Judah saw his wound, then went E'phra-im to the Assyrian, and
sent to king Jareb: 7 yet
could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
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For I will be unto E'phra-im as a
lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I,
will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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The Insincerity of
Israel's Repentance |
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I will go and return to my
place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in
their affliction they will seek me early.
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