10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
    (A)Ephraim's whoredom is there; (B)Israel is defiled.

11 For you also, O (C)Judah, (D)a harvest is appointed.

When (E)I restore the fortunes of my people,

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10 I have seen a horrible(A) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.(B)

11 “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest(C) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(D) of my people,

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15 Though you play the whore, O (A)Israel,
    let not (B)Judah become guilty.
(C)Enter not into (D)Gilgal,
    nor go up to (E)Beth-aven,
    and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

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15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
    do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;(A)
    do not go up to Beth Aven.[a](B)
    And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’(C)

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  1. Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

(A)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
    Israel and (B)Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt;
    (C)Judah also shall stumble with them.

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  1. Hosea 5:5 Or in his presence

Israel’s arrogance testifies(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(C)

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14 For (A)Israel has forgotten (B)his Maker
    and (C)built palaces,
and (D)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
    so (E)I will send a fire upon his cities,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.

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14 Israel has forgotten(A) their Maker(B)
    and built palaces;
    Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
    that will consume their fortresses.”(C)

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11 Ephraim was a trained calf
    that (A)loved to thresh,
    and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put (B)Ephraim to the yoke;
    (C)Judah must plow;
    Jacob must harrow for himself.

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11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke(A)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.

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12 [a] Ephraim (A)has surrounded me with lies,
    and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
    and is faithful to the Holy One.

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  1. Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew

Israel’s Sin

12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(A)
    Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
    even against the faithful(B) Holy One.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.

12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
    (C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.

The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah

(E)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
    he will repay him according to his deeds.

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)
The Lord has a charge(F) to bring against Judah;(G)
    he will punish(H) Jacob[b] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
  2. Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.
10 The princes of Judah have become
    like (A)those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is (B)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after filth.[a]
12 But I am (C)like a moth to Ephraim,
    and (D)like dry rot to the house of Judah.

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
    and Judah (E)his wound,
then Ephraim went (F)to Assyria,
    and sent to the great king.[b]
(G)But he is not able to cure you
    or heal (H)your wound.
14 For I will be (I)like a lion to (J)Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of (K)Judah.
(L)I, even I, will tear and go away;
    I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

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  1. Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts
  2. Hosea 5:13 Or to King Jareb

Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(D)
I will pour out my wrath(E) on them
    like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](F)
12 I am like a moth(G) to Ephraim,
    like rot(H) to the people of Judah.

13 “When Ephraim(I) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(J)
    and sent to the great king for help.(K)
But he is not able to cure(L) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(M)
14 For I will be like a lion(N) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(O) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(P)

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  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.