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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 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.
The rebels are deep in slaughter ; but I will chastise them all.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter , though I have been 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 committest whoredom, and 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.
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.
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 shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity : Judah also shall fall 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They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD , but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD ; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.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 the LORD : for they have begotten strange children : now shall a month devour them with their portions .
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: cry aloud at Bethaven , after 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 be desolate 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 were like them that remove the bound: therefore 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 and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment .
So I am like a moth to Ephraim , and like decay to the house of Judah.
Therefore will I be 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 the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor 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 take away, and none shall rescue him .
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 early .

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