Hosea 5:10

Hosea 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
• New International Version (NIV)Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The princes of Judah have become like those who move the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water.

Context of Hosea 5:10

8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin! 9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols. 12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

Hosea 5:10 word by word

הָיוּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה כְּמַסִּיגֵ֖י גְּב֑וּל עֲלֵיהֶ֕ם אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹךְ כַּמַּ֖יִם עֶבְרָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• The princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• are like thoseהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• who moveנָסַגnâsag · to removeH5253
• boundary stonesגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• I will pour outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• My furyעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• upon themעַל‛al · uponH5921
• like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Hosea 5:10

• Hosea 5:5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
• Deuteronomy 19:14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
• Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• 2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
• 2 Chronicles 28:16At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
• Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
• Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Psalms 88:17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
• Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
• Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
• Luke 6:49But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Commentaries on Hosea 5:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Like them that remove the bound - As execrable as they who remove the land-mark. They have leaped over law's enclosure, and scaled all the walls of right; they have despised and broken all laws, human and Divine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others, was strictly forbidden by God in the law, under the penalty of His curse. “Cursed is he that removeth his neighbor‘s landmark” Deuteronomy 27:17. “The princes of Judah,” i. e., those who were the king‘s counselors and chief in the civil polity, had committed sin, like to this. Since the prophet had just pronounced the desolation…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them, it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we have timely warning given us, that we may flee from the wrath to come. Compliance with the commandments of men, who thwart the commandments of God, ripens a people for ruin. The judgments of God are sometimes to a sinful people as a moth, and as rottenness, or as a worm; as these consume the clothes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10those who move boundary stones: The Lord owned the land and entrusted it to the tribes after the conquest (see Joshua 13:8–19:51). Moving a boundary marker and changing God's allotted boundaries was stealing from God (Deuteronomy 19:14). Such an act rightly brought divine punishment (Deuteronomy 27:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Israel is referred to in Ho 5:9, Judah in Ho 5:10. the day of rebuke--the day when I shall chastise him. among the tribes of Israel have I made known--proving that the scene of Hosea's labor was among the ten tribes. that which shall surely be--namely, the coming judgment here foretold. It is no longer a conditional decree, leaving a hope of pardon on repentance; it is absolute, for Ephraim is hopelessly impenitent.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 5:10

• Backsliders
• Landmarks
• Rulers

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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