{"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/drb/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:33:17.691Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over, and a net spread upon Thabor. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And you have turned aside victims into the depth: and I am, the teacher of them all. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim shall be in desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel I have shewn that which shall surely be. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}