Hosea 5:7

for they have been untrue to the Lord, their children are strangers. Their new moon festivals will soon destroy them and their fields.

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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

6With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the Lord but they will not find him, he has withdrawn from them,

8Blow the trumpet in Gibeah, the clarion in Ramah! Raise the alarm in Beth-aven: we are with you, Benjamin!

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Cross References

Psalms 144:7Stretch out your hand from on high; pluck me out of the mighty waters, out of the hands of foreigners,

Hosea 2:11I will end all her celebrations, her yearly feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, all her festivals.

Hosea 7:13Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have been untrue to me. Although it was I who redeemed them, they speak lies about 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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