{"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/kjv/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:21:09.819Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment <i>is</i> toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I <i>have been</i> a rebuker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, <i>and</i> Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms <i>is</i> in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the pride of Israel doth 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 <i>him</i>; he hath withdrawn himself from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour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 ye the cornet in Gibeah, <i>and</i> the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud <i>at</i> Bethaven, after thee, 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: <i>therefore</i> I will pour out my wrath upon them like water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim <i>is</i> oppressed <i>and</i> broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore <i>will</i> I <i>be</i> unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah <i>saw</i> 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 <i>will be</i> unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, <i>even</i> I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue <i>him</i>."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go <i>and</i> return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}