Hosea 5:2

1 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.

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known 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 wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

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  • Isaiah 29:15

    Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

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  • Hosea 6:9

    And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

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  • Hosea 6:5

    Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

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  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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  • Acts 23:12–15

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

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