Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
12And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.
2 Chronicles 28:16At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 28:21For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.
Jeremiah 30:14Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of a hater, even cruel punishment;
Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 10:6And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
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 →