Hosea5

Hosea 5 pronounces judgment upon the priests, Israel, and the royal house for their spiritual whoredom and rebellion. God declares that their pride and treachery have led them astray, causing Him to withdraw from them despite their attempts to seek Him with sacrifices. Both Ephraim and Judah are warned of impending desolation and destruction, likened to a moth, rottenness, and a tearing lion. God will ultimately withdraw until they acknowledge their sin and earnestly seek His face in their affliction.

Judgment Announced Against Israel's Leaders

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O ye Priestes, heare this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and giue ye eare, O house of the King: for iudgement is towarde you, because you haue bene a snare on Mizpah, and a net spred vpon Tabor.
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Yet they were profounde, to decline to slaughter, though I haue bene a rebuker of them all.
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I knowe Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for nowe, O Ephraim thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled.
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They will not giue their mindes to turne vnto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the middes of them, and they haue not knowen the Lord.
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And the pride of Israel doth testifie to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquitie: Iudah also shall fall with them.
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They shall goe with their sheepe, and with their bullockes to seeke the Lord: but they shall not finde him: for he hath withdrawne himselfe from them.
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They haue transgressed against the Lord: for they haue begotte strange children: now shall a moneth deuoure them with their portions.

The Coming Military Disaster

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Blowe ye the trumpet in Gibeah, and the shaume in Ramah: crie out at Beth-auen, after thee, O Beniamin.
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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel haue I caused to knowe the trueth.
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The princes of Iudah were like them that remoue the bounde: therefore will I powre out my wrath vpon them like water.
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Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in iudgement, because he willingly walked after the commandement.
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Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iudah as a rottennesse.

Seeking Foreign Help Instead of God

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When Ephraim sawe his sickenes, and Iudah his wound, then went Ephraim vnto Asshur, and sent vnto King Iareb: yet coulde hee not heale you, nor cure you of your wound.
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For I will be vnto Ephraim as a lyon, and as a lyons whelpe to the house of Iudah: I, euen I will spoyle, and goe away: I will take away, and none shall rescue it.
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I will go, and returne to my place, til they acknowledge their fault, and seeke me: in their affliction they will seeke me diligently.
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