Hosea 5:13

When Ephrayim saw his sickness, 1 and Yehudah saw his sores, 1 then went Ephrayim to the Assyrian, 1 and sent to the great king; 1 yet he was not able to heal you, 1 nor cure you of your wound. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

In Context

12Therefore will I be unto Ephrayim like maggots, 1 and to the Bais Yehudah like rottenness. 1

14For I will be unto Ephrayim like a lion, 1 and as a great lion to the Bais Yehudah; 1 I, even I, will tear and go away; 1 I will carry off, and there will be no one rescuing. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekach Melech Yisroel came Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur (Assyria), and took Iyon, and Abel Beit-Ma'achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Gil'ad, and the Galil, all the Eretz Naphtali, and carried them away into the Golus of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:16At that time did HaMelech Achaz send unto the melachim of Assyria to help him.

2 Chronicles 28:21For Achaz took away a portion out of the Beis Hashem, and out of the Bais HaMelech, and of the sarim, and gave it unto Melech Ashur, but he helped him not.

Jeremiah 30:14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; 1 they seek thee not; 1 for I have wounded thee with the makkat oyev, 1 with the musar (chastisement) of a cruel one, 1 for the multitude of thine avon, because thy sins were increased. 1

Hosea 7:11Ephrayim also is like an easily deceived yonah without sense; 1 they call to Mitzrayim, 1 they turn to Assyria. 1

Hosea 10:6It shall be also carried unto Assyria 1 for a minchah (present) to the great king; 1 Ephrayim shall receive disgrace, 1 and Yisroel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 1

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 →

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