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Hosea 5

15 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
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 priests , and attend , O house of Israel , And, O house of the king , give ear, For the judgment ` is ' for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
And to slaughter sinners have gone deep , And I `am' a fetter to them all.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me : for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me , For now thou hast gone a-whoring , Ephraim, Defiled is Israel .
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 .
They give not up their habitual doings , To turn back unto their God , For a spirit of whoredoms ` is ' in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.
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 humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face , And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity , Stumbled also hath Judah 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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find , He hath withdrawn from them.
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously , For strange sons they have begotten , Now consume them doth a month ` with ' their portions.
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah : cry aloud at Bethaven , after thee, O Benjamin.
Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after 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 is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing .
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water .
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment .
Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command .
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness .
And I `am' as a moth to Ephraim , And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
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 .
And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur , And sendeth unto a warlike king , And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar .
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 `am' as a lion to Ephraim , And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go , I bear away, and there is no deliverer .
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 go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate , and have sought My face . In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

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