5.
Mainly concerning the priests, the house of the king, and the princes
5:1-14
Hosea 5
:1
5:1
Hear this, O priests;
And listen, O house of Israel;
And, O house of the king, give ear.
For to you belongs the judgment,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread over Tabor.
Hosea 5
:2
5:2
And the revolters have gone deep
1into slaughtering,
Though I am a chastisement to them all.
Hosea 5
:3
5:3
I know Ephraim,
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, Ephraim, you have gone about as a
aharlot;
Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5
:4
5:4
Their doings do not permit them
To turn to their God;
For a spirit of harlotries is within them,
And they do not know Jehovah.
Hosea 5
:5
5:5
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face,
And Ephraim and Israel will stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also will stumble with them.
Hosea 5
:6
5:6
With their flocks and with their herds they will go
To
aseek Jehovah,
But they will not find
Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
Hosea 5
:7
5:7
They have acted treacherously against Jehovah,
For they have begotten strange children.
Now the new moon will devour them
With their apportionments.
Hosea 5
:8
5:8
Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah;
Sound an alarm at
aBeth-aven:
Behind you, O Benjamin!
Hosea 5
:9
5:9
Ephraim will be a desolation
In the day of correction;
Among the tribes of Israel
I have made known what is sure.
Hosea 5
:10
5:10
The princes of Judah have become
Like those who move a
aboundary mark.
I will pour out upon them
My overflowing wrath like water.
Hosea 5
:11
5:11
Ephraim is oppressed,
Crushed by judgment,
For he was determined to walk
After
man’s command.
Hosea 5
:12
5:12
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Hosea 5
:13
5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his
awound,
Ephraim went to
bAssyria And sent
word to the warrior king;
But he cannot heal you,
And the wound will not depart from you.
Hosea 5
:14
5:14
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, I will tear
them and go away;
I will carry
them off, and there will be no one to deliver
them.
B.
The return of the apostate people
5:15—6:3, 11
Hosea 5
:15
5:15
I will go away, I will return to My place,
aUntil they acknowledge their offense
And seek My face;
In their affliction they will seek Me
1earnestly.
