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Hosea 5

15 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .

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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.
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.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter , though I have been a rebuker of them all.
And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter ; but I am a rebuker of them all.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me : for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom , and 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.
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 .
Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God ; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah .
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.
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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD ; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah ; but they shall not find him : he hath withdrawn himself from them.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 dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions .
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields .
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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 were like them that remove the bound : therefore I will pour out my wrath 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 and broken in judgment , because he willingly walked after the commandment .
Ephraim is oppressed , he is crushed in judgment ; because he was content to walk after `man's' command .
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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.
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 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 .
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 .
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 .
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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