Hosea 5:12
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
In Context
11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,
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 →