Hosea 5:12

Therefore I am to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after [man's] command.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb. But he is not able to heal you, nor will he cure you of your wound.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.

Mark 9:43And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:9-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 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 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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