{"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/erv/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:09.021Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertain the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom, Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble 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shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim shall become a desolation 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 are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after the command."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore am I unto 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 Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (ERV)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}