Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, broken in judgment, || When he pleased he went after the command.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
In Context
10Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, || I pour out My wrath as water on them.
12And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, || And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26and Jeroboam says in his heart, “Now the kingdom turns back to the house of David—
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur has come, and takes Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removes them to Asshur.
Micah 6:16And the statutes of Omri are kept habitually, || And all the work of the house of Ahab, || And you walk in their counsels, || For My giving you for a desolation, || And its inhabitants for a hissing, || And you bear the reproach of My people!”
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 →