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Hosea 5

15 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Hear this, O priests ! Take heed , O house of Israel ! Give ear, O royal house ! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel , and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me . For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me ; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God , for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD .
Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God ; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah .
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him ; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him : he hath withdrawn himself from them.
They have been unfaithful to the LORD ; for they have borne illegitimate children . Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land .
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah ; for they have borne strange children : now shall the new moon devour them with their fields .
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah ; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven : Lead on , O Benjamin !
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah : sound an alarm at Beth-aven ; behind thee , O Benjamin .
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke . Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain .
Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke : among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be .
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment , for he is determined to follow worthless idols .
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment ; because he was content to walk after `man's' command .
So I am like a moth to Ephraim , and like decay to the house of Judah.
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness .
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king . But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
When Ephraim saw his sickness , and Judah `saw' his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria , and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah . I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away . I will carry them off where no one can rescue them .
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 carry off , and there shall be none to deliver .
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face ; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
I will go and return to my place , till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face : in their affliction they will seek me earnestly .

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