Hosea 5:12
“Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse.”
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Hosea 5:12 Context
10The Princes of Iudah were like them that remooue the bound: therefore I will powre out my wrath vpon them like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in iudgement: because he willingly walked after the commandement. 12Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse. 13When Ephraim saw his sicknesse, and Iudah saw his wound: then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Iareb; yet could he not heale you, nor cure you of your wound. 14For I will bee vnto Ephraim as a Lion, and as a yong Lion to the house of Iudah: I, euen I wil teare and goe away: I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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Other Translations for Hosea 5:12
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- King James Version
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
- Basic English Bible
And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- Darby Bible
Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
- World English Bible
And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hosea 5:12
5:12 A moth - Moths leisurely eat up our clothes; so God was then, and had been, from Jeroboam's death, weakening the ten tribes. As rottenness - Secretly consuming them.