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Hosea 5:12

Ephraim
Judgment

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

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.

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.

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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
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.
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 51:8

    For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

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  • Jonah 4:7

    But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

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  • Job 13:28

    And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

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  • Isaiah 50:9

    Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

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  • Proverbs 12:4

    A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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  • Mark 9:43–48

    And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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