Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 5:14
14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
Hosea 5:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- New International Version (NIV)For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
Context of Hosea 5:14
12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. 13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. 15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Read all of Hosea 5Hosea 5:14 word by word
כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲנִ֨י אֲנִ֤י אֶטְרֹף֙ וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ אֶשָּׂ֖א וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
- am like a lionשַׁ֫חַלshachal · lionH7826
- to Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- and like a young lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
- to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
- will tear them to piecesטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
- and then go awayהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- I will carry them offנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- no oneאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- can rescue themנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
Cross-references for Hosea 5:14
- Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
- Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.
- Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Commentaries on Hosea 5:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will be - as a lion - כשחל cashshachel, as a panther or lioness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion - He who would thus strengthen himself by Outward help against God‘s chastisements, challenges, as it were, the Almighty to a trial of strength. So then God, unwilling to abandon him to himself, changes His dealings, and, “He who had heretofore, in His judgments, seemed but as a tender moth or a weak worm,” now shows forth His resistless power, imaged by His creatures in whom the quality of power is most seen. It may…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. lion--The black lion and the young lion are emblems of strength and ferocity (Psa 91:13). I, even I--emphatic; when I, even I, the irresistible God, tear in pieces (Psa 50:22), no Assyrian power can rescue. go away--as a lion stalks leisurely back with his prey to his lair.Read the comment
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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
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