Hosea 5:12

So I will be like a moth to Ephraim, 1 and like rot to the house of Judah. 1

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Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

In Context

11Ephraim is crushed; 1 he is crushed in judgment, 1 because he has willingly walked after idols. 1

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, 1 and Judah saw his wound, 1 then Ephraim went to Assyria, 1 and Judah sent messengers to the great king. 1 But he was not able to cure you people 1 or heal your wound. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:4A worthy wife is her husband's crown, 1 but she who brings shame is like a disease that rots his bones. 1

Isaiah 51:8For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; 1 but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.” 1

Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands and to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

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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