Hosea 55HoseaGod's case against IsraelASV Byzantine Text

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1. Judgment on Israel and Judah

2. 1ENGASVBTHear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.BSBBSB: “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.
3. 2ENGASVBTAnd the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.BSBBSB: The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
4. 3ENGASVBTI know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.BSBBSB: I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
5. 4ENGASVBTTheir doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.BSBBSB: Their 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.
6. 5ENGASVBTAnd the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.BSBBSB: Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
7. 6ENGASVBTThey shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.BSBBSB: They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
8. 7ENGASVBTThey have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.BSBBSB: They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
9. 8ENGASVBTBlow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.BSBBSB: Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
10. 9ENGASVBTEphraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.BSBBSB: Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
11. 10ENGASVBTThe princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.BSBBSB: The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
12. 11ENGASVBTEphraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.BSBBSB: Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
13. 12ENGASVBTTherefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.BSBBSB: So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
14. 13ENGASVBTWhen Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.BSBBSB: When 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.
15. 14ENGASVBTFor 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 carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.BSBBSB: For 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.
16. 15ENGASVBTI will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.BSBBSB: Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”