| Ho 5:1 | The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes, both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins. |
Ho 5:1
•LEADERS, RELIGIOUS
•MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
•SNARES LAID BY THE WICKED
Mizpah 1
Tabor 1 | ¶ Hear ye this, O priests1; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house2 of the king; for3 judgment is toward you, because ye have4 been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor5. |
| Ho 5:2 | And the revolters6 are profound7 to make slaughter, though8 I have been a rebuker of them all. |
| Ho 5:3 | I know9 Ephraim10, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou11 committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. |
Ho 5:4
•ISRAEL-THE JEWS | They will not frame their doings12 to turn unto their God: for13 the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and14 they have not known the LORD. |
| Ho 5:5 | And the pride15 of Israel doth testify16 to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in17 their iniquity; Judah18 also shall fall with them. |
Ho 5:6
•SIN-SAVIOUR | They shall go19 with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they20 shall not find him; he21 hath withdrawn himself from them. |
| Ho 5:7 | They have dealt22 treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten23 strange children: now shall a month24 devour them with their portions. |
Ho 5:8
•BETH-AVEN
•MUSIC
Gibeah 1
Beth-aven
Ramah 1 | ¶ Blow25 ye the cornet in Gibeah26, and the trumpet in Ramah27: cry aloud at Bethaven28, after29 thee, O Benjamin. |
| Ho 5:9 | Ephraim30 shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have31 I made known that which shall surely be. |
Ho 5:10
•LANDMARKS
•NATION, THE | ¶ The princes32 of Judah were like them that remove33 the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like34 water. |
| Ho 5:11 | Ephraim is oppressed35 and broken in judgment, because he willingly36 walked after the commandment. |
Ho 5:12
•INSECTS | Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a37 moth, and to the house of Judah as38 rottenness39. |
Ho 5:13
•SECURITY-INSECURITY
Assyria | When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound40, then went41 Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb42: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. |
| Ho 5:14 | For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion43, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear44 and go away; I will take away, and none45 shall rescue him. |
| Ho 5:15 | An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance. |
| Ho 5:15 | I will go and return46 to my place, till47 they acknowledge their offence48, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |
