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Hosea 5:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker "
Hosea 5:2
Verse in Context
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1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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Hosea 5:1
"Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."
Hosea 5:3
"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled."
Hosea 5:4
"They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD."
Hosea 5:5
"And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall"
Hosea 5:6
"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn"
Hosea 5:7
"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."
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