Hosea 5:13

When the leaders of Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering because of what their enemies were doing to them [MET], they sent messages to the great King of Assyria requesting his help. But he cannot help you; he cannot cause you to stop suffering, because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah.

Translation for Translators

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

12I will destroy the people of Israel like [SIM] ◄ larvae of moths/cockroaches► destroy wool, and I will cause the people of Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood.

14I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations; I will attack them and tear them to pieces. I will drag them away, and no one will be able to rescue them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:29While Pekah was the king, Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, came with his army and captured the cities of Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, and the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali. His army forced the Israeli people to leave their country and go to live in Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:16About that time, King Ahaz sent a message to the king of Assyria requesting help.

2 Chronicles 28:21Ahaz’s soldiers took some of the valuable things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria to pay him to help them, but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.

Jeremiah 30:14All your allies [MET] have deserted you and they do not want to help you any more. It is true that I have punished you severely, like your enemies would wound you, because you have committed many sins and you are very guilty.

Hosea 7:11The people of Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves. First they called out to Egypt to help them, and then they sought help from Assyria.

Hosea 10:6It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King of Assyria. So the people of Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because they trusted in that idol.

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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