Hosea 5

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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1Hear this, O priests, Pay attention, O house of Israel, O household of the king, give ear! It is you who are called to judgment. For you have become a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

2In their perversity they have sunk into wickedness, and I am rejected by them all.

3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; Now Ephraim has played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

4Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God; For the spirit of harlotry is in them, and they do not recognize the LORD.

5The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; Ephraim stumbles in his guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.

6With their flocks and their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

7They have been untrue to the LORD, for they have begotten illegitimate children; Now shall the new moon devour them together with their fields.

8Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth-aven: "Look behind you, O Benjamin!"

9Ephraim shall become a waste on the day of chastisement: Against the tribes of Israel I announce what is sure to be.

10The princes of Judah have become like those that move a boundary line; Upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.

11Is Ephraim maltreated, his rights violated? No, he has willingly gone after filth!

12I am like a moth for Ephraim, like maggots for the house of Judah.

13When Ephraim saw his infirmity, and Judah his sore, Ephraim went to Assyria, and Judah sent to the great king. But he cannot heal you nor take away your sore.

14For I am like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah; It is I who rend the prey and depart, I carry it away and no one can save it from me.

15I will go back to my place until they pay for their guilt and seek my presence.

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