{"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/web/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:10.498Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (WEB)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/web/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}