{"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/ylt/hosea/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:44.567Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment is for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I am a fetter to them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms is in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I — I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 5 (YLT)","markdown":"[Hosea 5](https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/5 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}