Hosea 5:11
Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
In Context
10Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
12And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:26and Jeroboam saith in his heart, 'Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David —
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel hath Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur come, and taketh Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removeth them to Asshur.
Micah 6:16And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!
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 →