Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all.
Cross References
Judges 4:12And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
1 Samuel 7:6And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there: 'We have sinned against the LORD.' And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over My people Israel,
2 Chronicles 21:12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah;
Jeremiah 13:18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; for your headtires are come down, even your beautiful crown.'
Jeremiah 46:18As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall 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 →