Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.

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Cross References

Judges 4:12And it was reported to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had ascended to Mount Tabor.

1 Samuel 7:6And they convened at Mizpah. And they drew water, and they poured it out in the sight of the Lord. And on that day they fasted, and in that place they said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Kings 14:7Go, and tell Jeroboam: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Although I exalted you from the midst of the people, and I granted to you to be the leader over my people Israel,

2 Chronicles 21:12Then letters were conveyed to him from the prophet Elijah, in which it was written: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, the king of Judah,

Jeremiah 13:18“Say to the king and to the female ruler: Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory has gone down from your head.

Jeremiah 46:18As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, just as Tabor is among the mountains, and just as Carmel is beside the sea, so will he come.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:1

The scope of this chapter is the same with that of the foregoing chapter, to discover the sin both of Israel and Judah, and to denounce the judgments of God against them. I. They are called to hearken to the charge, ver. 1 , 8 . II. They are accused of many sins, which are here aggravated. 1. Persecution, ver. 7 . 5. The tyranny of the princes, and the tameness of the people in submitting to it, ver. 10, 11 . III. They are threatened with God's displeasure for their sins; he knows all their wickedness ( ver. 3 )… Read the whole commentary →

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