Hosea 5

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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. ✦ ²The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all. ✦ ³I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; 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. ✦ ⁵Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah 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 ✦ ⁶They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. ✦ ⁷They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land. ✦ ⁸Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin! ✦ ⁹Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. ✦ ¹⁰The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water. ✦ ¹¹Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols. ✦ ¹²So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay 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. But he cannot cure you or heal 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. ✦ ¹⁵Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Hos 4 ·9 Hos 5 ·7 Hos 6 ·5 Hos 13 ·5 Hos 9 ·5 Hos 8 ·5 Amos 3 ·4 Amos 5 ·4

Christ at the center

God's relentless love for an unfaithful bride dramatizes the gospel: 'Out of Egypt I called my son' is fulfilled in Jesus, who redeems an adulterous people at his own cost.

How Hosea 5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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