They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten [a]strange children: now shall [b]a month devour them with their portions.

Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah, and the shame in Ramah: cry out at Beth Aven, after thee, O [c]Benjamin.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I caused to [d]know the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:7 That is, their children are degenerate, so that there is no hope in them.
  2. Hosea 5:7 Their destruction is not far off.
  3. Hosea 5:8 That is, all Israel comprehended under this part, signifying that the Lord’s plagues should pursue them from place to place till they were destroyed.
  4. Hosea 5:9 By the success they shall know that I have surely determined this.

They are unfaithful(A) to the Lord;
    they give birth to illegitimate(B) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(C)
    he will devour[a](D) their fields.

“Sound the trumpet(E) in Gibeah,(F)
    the horn in Ramah.(G)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[b];(H)
    lead on, Benjamin.
Ephraim will be laid waste(I)
    on the day of reckoning.(J)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and
  2. Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).