Hosea 5:1
“Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, || And, O house of the king, give ear, || For the judgment [is] for you, || For you have been a snare on Mizpah, || And a net spread out on Tabor.
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2And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, || And I [am] a chain to them all.
Cross References
Judges 4:12And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam has gone up to Mount Tabor,
1 Samuel 7:6And they are gathered to Mizpeh, and draw water, and pour out before YHWH, and fast on that day, and say there, “We have sinned against YHWH”; and Samuel judges the sons of Israel in Mizpeh.
1 Kings 14:7Go, say to Jeroboam, Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Because that I have made you high out of the midst of the people, and appoint you leader over my people Israel,
2 Chronicles 21:12And a writing from Elijah the prophet comes to him, saying, “Thus said YHWH, God of your father David: Because that you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low—sit still, || For your principalities have come down, || The crown of your beauty.
Jeremiah 46:18[As] I live—an affirmation of the King, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name, || Surely as Tabor [is] among mountains, || And as Carmel by the sea—he comes in,
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 →