Hosea 5:12

I am like a maggot to Ephraim, and like something rotten to the people of Judah.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.

13When Ephraim saw how sick they were, and Judah saw how wounded they were, Ephraim turned to the great king of Assyria for help, but he could not heal them or cure their wounds.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:4A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot in his bones.

Isaiah 51:8Moths will eat them up like clothing; bugs will chew through them like wool. But my goodness will last forever, my salvation will endure for all generations.

Mark 9:43If your hand leads you to sin, cut it off! It's better to enter eternal life as a cripple than to go with both hands into Gehenna, into the fire that can't be put out.

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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