# Hosea 5 ## Hosea 5:1 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. - [YLT] 'Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment *is* for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor. ### Notes on Hosea 5:1 - ## Hosea 5:2 - [KJV] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I *have been* a rebuker of them all. - [ASV] And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all. - [YLT] And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I *am* a fetter to them all. ### Notes on Hosea 5:2 - ## Hosea 5:3 - [KJV] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, *and* Israel is defiled. - [ASV] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled. - [YLT] I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel. ### Notes on Hosea 5:3 - ## Hosea 5:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. - [YLT] They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms *is* in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known. ### Notes on Hosea 5:4 - ## Hosea 5:5 - [KJV] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. - [ASV] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them. - [YLT] And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them. ### Notes on Hosea 5:5 - ## Hosea 5:6 - [KJV] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find *him*; he hath withdrawn himself from them. - [ASV] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. - [YLT] With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. ### Notes on Hosea 5:6 - ## Hosea 5:7 - [KJV] They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. - [ASV] They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields. - [YLT] Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month *with* their portions. ### Notes on Hosea 5:7 - ## Hosea 5:8 - [KJV] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, *and* the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud *at* Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. - [ASV] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin. - [YLT] Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin. ### Notes on Hosea 5:8 - ## Hosea 5:9 - [KJV] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. - [ASV] Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. - [YLT] Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing. ### Notes on Hosea 5:9 - ## Hosea 5:10 - [KJV] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: *therefore* I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. - [ASV] The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. - [YLT] Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath. ### Notes on Hosea 5:10 - ## Hosea 5:11 - [KJV] Ephraim *is* oppressed *and* broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. - [ASV] Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after *man's* command. - [YLT] Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command. ### Notes on Hosea 5:11 - ## Hosea 5:12 - [KJV] Therefore *will* I *be* unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. - [ASV] Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. - [YLT] And I *am* as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah. ### Notes on Hosea 5:12 - ## Hosea 5:13 - [KJV] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah *saw* his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. - [ASV] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah *saw* his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. - [YLT] And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar. ### Notes on Hosea 5:13 - ## Hosea 5:14 - [KJV] For I *will be* unto Ephraim 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*. - [ASV] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. - [YLT] For I *am* as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer. ### Notes on Hosea 5:14 - ## Hosea 5:15 - [KJV] I will go *and* return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. - [ASV] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. - [YLT] I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!' ### Notes on Hosea 5:15 -