Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah
1 “Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For1 yours is the judgment,
Because ayou have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For1 yours is the judgment,
Because ayou have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.
3 aI know Ephraim,
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, byou commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, byou commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.
4 “They1 do not direct their deeds
Toward turning to their God,
For athe spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the Lord.
Toward turning to their God,
For athe spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the Lord.
5 The apride of Israel testifies to his face;
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.
6 “With their flocks and herds
aThey shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
aThey shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Hosea 5:3.
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