Hosea 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Hear this ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, ye house of the king; for the judgment is to you, because ye were a snare to the watch tower and a net stretched out upon 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 And the rowers made deep the slaughter, and I a correction to them all. 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 knew Ephraim and Israel were not hid from me: for now thou didst commit fornication, O Ephraim; Israel was deified. 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 They will not give their doings to turn back to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they knew not Jehovah. 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 And the pride of Israel was humbled in his face, and Israel and Ephraim shall be weak in their iniquity; Judah also being weak 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 With their sheep and with their oxen they will go to seek Jehovah; and they shall not find; he withdrew himself from 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 With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.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 Against Jehovah they acted faithlessly: for they begat strange sons: now shall the new moon consume them with their portions. 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 Strike the horn upon the hill, and the trumpet upon the height: make a loud noise at the house of vanity after thee, O 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 shall be for desolation in the day of chastisement: in the tribes of Israel I made known the faithful thing. 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 princes of Judah were as they removing the bound: upon them will I pour out my wrath as 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 was oppressed, he was broken in judgment because he was willing to go after the command. 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 And I as a moth to Ephraim, and as rottenness to the house of Judah. 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 And Ephraim will see his disease and Judah his wound, and Ephraim will go to Assur, and he will send to king Jareb: and he will not be able to heal for you, and he will not remove from you the wound. 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 For I as the lion to Ephraim, and as the young lion to the house of Judah I, I will rend and go away; I will take away and none delivering. 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 and turn back to my place, even till when they shall be guilty, and they sought my face: in straitness to them they will turn to 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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