Hosea 5:2-4

Good News Translation

²a deep pit at Acacia City,^[a] and I will punish all of you. ³I know what Israel is like—she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me.”

Hosea Warns against Idolatry

⁴The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

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Footnotes

Hosea 5:2 Probable text a deep pit at Acacia City; Hebrew unclear.

Hosea 5:2-4

New International Version

²The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.^(A)
    I will discipline all of them.^(B)
³I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden^(C) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.^(D)