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Hosea 5:7

For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

In Context

6They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them.

8Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of Aven, Benjamin is amazed.

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Cross References

Psalms 144:7They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, 1 And shall exult in thy righteousness. 1

Isaiah 48:8Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.

Jeremiah 3:20But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Henceforth none of my words shall linger, which I shall speak: I will speak and do, saith the Lord.

Hosea 2:11Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.

Hosea 7:13Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.

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 →

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