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Hosea 5
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Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear,
O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a
snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. |
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| 5:2
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a
rebuker of them all. |
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| 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. |
 (5:3-4) Committing whoredom in the spirit of whoredom
(5:3) "O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom."
(5:4) "The spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them."
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| 5:4
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of
whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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| 5:5
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. |
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| 5:6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but
they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
 (5:6)
"They shall ... seek the LORD; but they shall not find him."
Does God help in times of need?
 (5:7) "They have begotten
strange [illegitimate] children."
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| 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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| 5:8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
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| 5:9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel
have I made known that which shall surely be. |
 (5:9-14)
God's plans for Ephraim and Judah. (He'll kill them all, of course.)
(5:9) "Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke."
(5:10) "The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water."
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| 5:10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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| 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked
after the commandment.
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| 5:12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as
rottenness. |
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| 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim
to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure
you of your wound. |
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| 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim
as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of
Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall
rescue him. |
(5:14-15) "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of
Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall
rescue him ... till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face."
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| 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and
seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |
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