{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:55:21.761Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear you this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the rebels are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitutions is in the middle of them, and they have not known the LORD."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath on them like water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}