Hosea 5:12
Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iudah as a rottennesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
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, and broken in iudgement, because he willingly walked after the commandement.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
Isaiah 51:8For the mothe shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shall eate them like wool: but my righteousnesse shalbe for euer, and my saluation from generation to generation.
Mark 9:43Wherefore, if thine hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched,
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 →