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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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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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(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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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:5 Or in his presence

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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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 plough;
    Jacob must harrow for himself.

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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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Footnotes

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

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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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 judgement,
    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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Footnotes

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