Hosea 5:1

“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.

² The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

³ I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

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.

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BSB: “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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
ASV: Hear 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.
DARBY: Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
BLB: [“] Hear this, O priests! And pay attention, O house of Israel! And house [is] toward you, turn your ear! Indeed unto you⁺ [is] the judgment, because you⁺ have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor.

ÅB: Hør dette, dere prester, og gi akt, du Israels hus, og du kongehus, vend øret til! For dere gjelder dommen; for en snare har dere vært på Mispa og et utspent nett på Tabor.
OTB: Hør dette, dere prester!
Lytt, Israels hus!
Gi akt, kongens hus!
For dommen gjelder dere,
Fordi dere har vært en felle ved Mispa
Og et nett utbredt på Tabor.
B1930: Hør dette, I prester, og gi akt, du Israels hus, og du kongehus, vend øret til! For eder gjelder dommen; for en snare har I vært på Mispa og et utspent nett på Tabor.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 9:8
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
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Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
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Habakkuk 1:15–17
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
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Hosea 6:9
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
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Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
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Hosea 9:11–17
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
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Malachi 2:1
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
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1 Kings 21:18–22
“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has gone to take possession.
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