Hosea 5:2
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.
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.
4 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.
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
- The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
- KJV
- And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
- WEB
- The rebels are deep in slaughter, but I discipline all of them.
- ASV
- And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
- DARBY
- And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
- BLB
- And into slaughter the rebels are deep; and I will discipline all of them.
- ÅB
- De er falt dypt i en mangfoldighet av forvillelser; men jeg skal tukte dem alle.
- OTB
- Opprørerne har gått dypt i fordervelse,
Men jeg vil tukte dem alle. - B1930
- De er falt dypt i en mangfoldighet av forvillelser; men jeg skal tukte dem alle.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 9:15
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
Read in contextIsaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Read in contextHosea 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.
Read in contextHosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
Read in contextHosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
Read in contextActs 23:12–15
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
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