Hosea 5:2
And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 64:3(64-4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
Isaiah 1:5On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 11:18And the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; then Thou showedst me their doings.
Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, speaking betimes and often; but ye have not hearkened.
Hosea 6:5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8
Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 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. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →