Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, (A)the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you (B)searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have [a]dominated them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:4 Or ruled

You have not strengthened the weak or healed(A) the sick or bound up(B) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(C)

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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his [a]sore,
Ephraim then went to (A)Assyria
And sent word to [b](B)King Jareb.
But he is (C)unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your [c]sore.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:13 Or ulcer
  2. Hosea 5:13 Or another reading is the great king; or the contentious king
  3. Hosea 5:13 Or ulcer

13 “When Ephraim(A) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(B)
    and sent to the great king for help.(C)
But he is not able to cure(D) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(E)

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