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Hosea, Chapter 5
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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.
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And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have
been a rebuker of them all.
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I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim,
thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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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.
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And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall
Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with
them.
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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the
LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from
them.
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They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have
begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their
portions.
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Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud
at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes
of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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10 |
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:
therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment.
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Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of
Judah as rottenness.
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When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went
Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal
you, nor cure you of your wound.
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For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the
house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away,
and none shall rescue him.
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I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their
offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me
early.
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