Hosea 5:8

Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

In Context

7Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

9Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

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Cross References

Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim their root [is] against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.

Judges 19:13And he saith to his young man, 'Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'

1 Samuel 7:17and his returning [is] to Ramath, for there [is] his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house — to Gibeah of Saul.

1 Kings 12:29And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

Jeremiah 4:5Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, 'Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, and say ye: 'Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.'

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8

Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →

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