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Hosea 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 5
Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah
God’s Displeasure with Israel
1 “Hear this, O priests!
​​Take heed, O house of Israel!
​​Give ear, O house of the king!
​​For yours is the judgment,
​​Because you have been a snare to Mizpah
​​And a net spread on Tabor.
2 ​​The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter,
​​Though I rebuke them all.
3 ​​I know Ephraim,
​​And Israel is not hidden from Me;
​​For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;
​​Israel is defiled.
​
4 ​​“They do not direct their deeds
​​Toward turning to their God,
​​For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
​​And they do not know the LORD.
5 ​​The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
​​Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
​​Judah also stumbles with them.
​
6 ​​“With their flocks and herds
​​They shall go to seek the LORD,
​​But they will not find Him;
​​He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 ​​They have dealt treacherously with the LORD,
​​For they have begotten pagan children.
​​Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
​
8 ​​“Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
​​The trumpet in Ramah!
​​Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
​‘​Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
9 ​​Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
​​Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
​
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 and broken in judgment,
​​Because he willingly walked by human precept.
12 ​​Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
​​And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
​
13 ​​“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
​​And Judah saw his wound,
​​Then Ephraim went to Assyria
​​And sent to King Jareb;
​​Yet he cannot cure you,
​​Nor heal you of your wound.
14 ​​For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
​​And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
​​I, even I, will tear them and go away;
​​I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
15 ​​I will return again to My place
​​Till they acknowledge their offense.
​​Then they will seek My face;
​​In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
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