Hosea 5:12
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
In Context
11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgement, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Isaiah 51:8For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, 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 →