Hosea 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, nation of Israel! Open your ears, royal family! This is my decision about you. You set traps at Mizpah and spread out nets on Mount Tabor. Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor. “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
2 You are deeply involved in sin. So I will punish all of you. And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter, but I will discipline all of them. The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel isn't a stranger to me. Now, Ephraim, you are acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled. I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.
4 |The wicked things that the people have done keep them from returning to their God. They have a spirit of prostitution, and they don't know the LORD. Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD. “Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the LORD.
5 The people of Israel's arrogance testifies against them. Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their sins, and Judah stumbles with them. The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them. Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.
6 They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the LORD, but they can't find him. He has left them. With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
7 They have been unfaithful to the LORD, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon [Festivals] will devour them and their fields. They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields. They are unfaithful to the LORD; they give birth to illegitimate children. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields.
8 |Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah. Blow the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth Aven, you descendants of Benjamin. Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we follow you, O Benjamin! “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven; lead on, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will become a wasteland when the time for punishment comes. I will make the truth known among the tribes of Israel. Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure. Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10 The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour my fury on them like water. The princes of Judah have become like those who move the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water. Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed-crushed by punishment, because its people are determined to chase idols. Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth. Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols.
12 I will destroy Ephraim as a moth destroys clothing. I will destroy the nation of Judah as rot destroys wood. But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah. I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.
13 |When Ephraim saw that he was sick and when Judah saw his own wounds, Ephraim went to Assyria to ask the great king for help. But the king couldn't cure them or heal their wounds. When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound. “When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.
14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I will carry [them] off, and no one will rescue [them]. For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue. For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
15 I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.| I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me. Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
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