Hosea 4:5
3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
- KJV
- Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
- WEB
- You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
- ASV
- And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
- BLB
- And you will stumble by day, and will stumble also the prophet with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
- ÅB
- Du skal omkomme om dagen, og profeten skal omkomme med deg om natten, og jeg vil tilintetgjøre din mor.
- OTB
- Du skal snuble om dagen, og profeten skal også snuble med deg om natten; og jeg vil ødelegge din mor.
- B1930
- Du skal omkomme om dagen, og profeten skal omkomme med dig om natten, og jeg vil tilintetgjøre din mor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 2:2
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:8
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
Read in contextGalatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Read in contextZechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:44–45
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Read in contextHosea 9:7–8
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
Read in contextZechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
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