THE
BOOK OF HOSEA
Hosea Chapter 5
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¶ Hear this, O priests; listen, people of
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And your rebels are deeply involved in slaughter, though I have rebuked
all of them.
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I know Ephraim, and
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Their deeds will not let them return to their God: for the spirit of sexual sin
is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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But the pride of
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They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they
will not find him; for he has withdrawn himself from them.
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They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have fathered children
who are strangers to them: now the destroyer will devour them with their
fields.
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¶ Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in
Ramah: raise the war cry against Bethaven, we
are after you, O Benjamin.
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Ephraim will be turned to ruins on the day of punishment: I have made known
among the tribes of
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The leaders of
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Ephraim is an oppressor who tramples justice, because he is
content to follow the commandments of men.
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Therefore I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the
house of Judah.
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When Ephraim saw his sickness, and
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For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house
of
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I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their sin, and
seek my face: in their distress they will search for me.