Hosea 5

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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. ✦ ²The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter, Though I rebuke them all. ✦ ³I 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. ✦ ⁵The 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 ✦ ⁶“With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the Lord, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. ✦ ⁷They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage. ✦ ⁸“Blowthe ram’s horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, ‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’ ✦ ⁹Ephraim 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. ✦ ¹¹Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept. ✦ ¹²Therefore 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. ✦ ¹⁴For 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. ✦ ¹⁵I 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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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.

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