Hosea 5:12
10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 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.
14 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.
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Og jeg er som møll for Efra'im og som råttenhet for Judas hus.
- OTB
- Derfor er jeg som råte for Efraim,
Og som korrosjon for Judas hus. - B1930
- Og jeg er som møll for Efra'im og som råttenhet for Judas hus.
- BSB
- So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
- KJV
- Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- WEB
- Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
- ASV
- Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- DARBY
- And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- BLB
- And I [am] like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.
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Kryssreferanser
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
Les i sammenhengJonah 4:7
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
Les i sammenhengJob 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 50:9
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Les i sammenhengMark 9:43–48
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
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