Hosea 5

Hosea 5 in full

King James Version, 15 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Hos 5:1

   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.

2. Hos 5:2

   And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3. Hos 5:3

   I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

4. Hos 5:4

   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.

5. Hos 5:5

   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.

6. Hos 5:6

   They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

7. Hos 5:7

   They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

8. Hos 5:8

   Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9. Hos 5:9

   Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

10. Hos 5:10

    The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

11. Hos 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

12. Hos 5:12

    Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

13. Hos 5:13

    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.

14. Hos 5:14

    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.

15. Hos 5:15

    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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Hosea 5 is part of Hosea, book 28 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 14 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.