Hosea 5:12
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
In Context
11Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully 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 favour shall be for ever, and My salvation unto all generations.
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 →