The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Hosea 05
1 “Listen to this, you priests!
Listen, house of Israel,
and give ear, house of the king!
For the judgment is against you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah,
and a net spread on Tabor.
2 The rebels are deep in slaughter,
but I discipline all of them.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, Ephraim, you have played the
prostitute. Israel is defiled.
4 Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to
their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within
them, and they don’t know Yahweh.
5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
Therefore Israel and Ephraim will
stumble in their iniquity.
Judah also will stumble with them.
6 They will go with their flocks and with
their herds to seek Yahweh,
but they won’t find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.
7 They are unfaithful to Yahweh;
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them
with their fields.
8 “Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven,
behind you, Benjamin!
9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the
day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have
made known that which will surely be.
10 The princes of Judah are like those who
remove a landmark. I will pour out my
wrath on them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
he is crushed in judgment,
because he is intent in his pursuit of
idols.
12 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,
and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
and sent to King Jareb:
but he is not able to heal you,
neither will he cure you of your
wound.
14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,
and like a young lion to the house of
Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away.
I will carry off, and there will be no
one to deliver.
15 I will go and return to my place,
until they acknowledge their offense,
and seek my face.
In their affliction they will seek me
earnestly.”