Hosea 5:2

the rebels are deep in slaughter, but I will discipline all.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

In Context

1Hear this, priests! Attend, Israelites! Listen, royal family! For you is the judgment: a snare you have become at Mizpeh, and a net spread out on Tabor,

3I know Ephraim, Israel is not hidden from me, for you, Ephraim, have committed prostitution and Israel is defiled.

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Cross References

Psalms 64:3who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,

Hosea 6:5That is why I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth. My judgment is like the light that goes forth,

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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