Hosea 5:4

Their doings do not permit them to turn unto Eloheihem; 1 for the ruach zenunim is in the midst of them, 1 and they have not known Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

In Context

3I know Ephrayim, 1 and Yisroel is not hid from Me; 1 for now, O Ephrayim, thou committest whoredom, 1 and Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled). 1

5And the ga'on Yisroel (pride of Yisroel) doth testify to his face; 1 therefore shall Yisroel and Ephrayim stumble and fall in their avon (iniquity); 1 Yehudah also shall fall with them. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12Now the Bnei Eli were Bnei Beliyaal; they knew not Hashem.

Psalms 36:1(For the one directing. Of Dovid, the eved Hashem) 1

Jeremiah 9:6Therefore thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Hineni, I will refine them, and test them; 1 for what but this 1 shall I do for the Bat Ami? 1

Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou enclose thyself in erez (cedar)? 1 Did not Avicha eat and drink, 1 and do mishpat and tzedakah, 1 and then it was tov (well) with him? 1

Jeremiah 50:38A chorev (drought) is upon her mayim; 1 and they shall be dried up; 1 for it is the eretz pesalim (land of idols), 1 and they go mad over idols.

Hosea 4:6Ami are destroyed for lack of da'as (knowledge); 1 because thou hast rejected da'as, 1 I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no kohen to Me; 1 seeing thou hast forgotten the torat Eloheicha, 1 I will also forget thy banim. 1

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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