Hosea 5:7

Hosea 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
• New International Version (NIV)They are unfaithful to the Lord; they give birth to illegitimate children. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

Context of Hosea 5:7

5But the pride and self-reliance of Israel testifies against him. Therefore Israel, and [especially] Ephraim, stumble and fall in their wickedness and guilt; Judah also has stumbled with them. 6They will go with their flocks and with their herds To seek the Lord [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant]. They have dealt treacherously against the Lord, For they have borne illegitimate (pagan) children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land [bringing judgment and captivity]. 8Blow the horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah [the lofty hills on Benjamin’s northern border]. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven: “Behind you and coming after you [is the enemy], O Benjamin [be on guard]!” 9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is certain.

Hosea 5:7 word by word

בַּיהוָ֣ה בָּגָ֔דוּ כִּֽי־בָנִ֥ים זָרִ֖ים יָלָ֑דוּ עַתָּ֛ה יֹאכְלֵ֥ם חֹ֖דֶשׁ אֶת־חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They have dealt treacherouslyבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for they have begottenיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• now shall a monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• them with their portionsחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506

Cross-references for Hosea 5:7

• Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
• Isaiah 48:8You have not heard, you have not known; Even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I [the Lord] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously; You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth.
• Isaiah 59:13Rebelling against and denying the Lord, Turning away from [following] our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
• Jeremiah 3:20Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously (faithlessly) with Me,” declares the Lord.
• Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Psalms 144:7Stretch out Your hand from above; Set me free and rescue me from great waters, Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]
• Malachi 2:11Judah has been treacherous (disloyal), and a repulsive act has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
• Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be fulfilled completely,” ’ ” says the Lord God.
• Zechariah 11:8Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.

Commentaries on Hosea 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Now shall a month devour them - In a month's time the king of Assyria shall be upon them, and oblige them to purchase their lives and liberties by a grievous tax of fifty shekels per head. This Menahem, king of Israel, gave to Pul, king of Assyria, 2 Kings 15:16-20. Instead of month, some translate the original locust. "The locusts shall devour them."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7They have dealt treacherously - Literally, “have cloaked,” and so, acted deceitfully. The word is used of treachery of friend toward his friend, of the husband to his wife, or the wife husband. “Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord” Jeremiah 3:20. God, even in His upbraiding, speaks very tenderly to them, as having been in the closest, dearest relation to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7People might believe they can earn God's favor with sacrifices. However, Hosea warned them that they would not find him. God had left them to face the consequences of their sins.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. treacherously--as to the marriage covenant (Jr 3:20). strange children--alluding to "children of whoredoms" (Ho 1:2; 2:4). "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [Henderson]. Or rather, "regarded by God as strangers, not His," as being reared in idolatry. The case is desperate, when not only the existing, but also the rising, generation is reared in apostasy. a month--a very brief space of time shall elapse, and then…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Profound
• Rebuke
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of
• faithful, faithfulness, trustworthy

Commentaries on Hosea 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings