Hosea 5

Modern

Literal

Judgment on Israel and Judah

¹“Hear this, O priests!

Take heed, O house of Israel!

Give ear, O royal house!

For this judgment is against you

because you have been a snare at Mizpah,

a net spread out on Tabor.

¹“ Hear this, O priests! And pay attention, O house of Israel! And house is toward you, turn your ear! Indeed unto you is the judgment, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor.

²The rebels are deep in slaughter;

but I will chastise them all.

²And into slaughter the rebels are deep; and I will discipline all of them.

³I know all about Ephraim,^a

and Israel is not hidden from Me.

For now, O Ephraim,

you have turned to prostitution;

Israel is defiled.

³I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; for now, you engage in prositution, O Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

⁴Their deeds do not permit them

to return to their God,

for a spirit of prostitution is within them,

and they do not know the LORD.

⁴Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and YHWH they do not know.

⁵Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;

Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;

even Judah stumbles with them.

⁵And answers the pride of Israel to his face; and Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.

⁶They go with their flocks and herds

to seek the LORD,

but they do not find Him;

He has withdrawn Himself from them.

⁶With their flocks and herds they will go to seek YHWH, and they will not find; He has withdrawn from them.

⁷They have been unfaithful to the LORD;

for they have borne illegitimate children.

Now the New Moon^a will devour them

along with their land.

⁷To YHWH they were unfaithful, for they have borne strange sons. Now the New Moon will devour them with their portions!

⁸Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,

the trumpet in Ramah;

raise the battle cry in Beth-aven:^a

Lead on, O Benjamin!

⁸Blow the shofar in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah! Give a shout in Beth-Aven; after you, O Benjamin!

⁹Ephraim will be laid waste

on the day of rebuke.

Among the tribes of Israel

I proclaim what is certain.

⁹Ephraim will become as a desolation on the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.

¹⁰The princes of Judah

are like those who move boundary stones;^a

I will pour out My fury

upon them like water.

¹⁰The princes of Judah have become like those moving a landmark; on them I will pour out my wrath like the waters.

¹¹Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,

for he is determined to follow worthless idols.^a

¹¹Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was willing to walk after worthless idols.

¹²So I am like a moth to Ephraim,

and like decay to the house of Judah.

¹²And I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.

¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness

and Judah his wound,

then Ephraim turned to Assyria

and sent to the great king.^a

But he cannot cure you

or heal your wound.

¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, and he sent to the great king; and he is not able to bring healing to you, and he cannot remove your wound.

¹⁴For I am like a lion to Ephraim

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear them to pieces

and then go away.

I will carry them off

where no one can rescue them.

¹⁴For I am 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 take them, and no one is delivering.

¹⁵Then I will return to My place

until they admit their guilt and seek My face;

in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

¹⁵I will go—I will turn back to My place, until that they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; in affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”