{"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/dbt/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:10.903Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they havebegotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud at Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}