Hosea 5:5

Hosea 5:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
• New International Version (NIV)Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.

Context of Hosea 5:5

3I know Ephraim, and Israel isn’t a stranger to me. Now, Ephraim, you are acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean. 4“The wicked things that the people have done keep them from returning to their God. They have a spirit of prostitution, and they don’t know the Lord. The people of Israel’s arrogance testifies against them. Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their sins, and Judah stumbles with them. 6They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the Lord, but they can’t find him. He has left them. 7They have been unfaithful to the Lord, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon ⌞Festivals⌟ will devour them and their fields.

Hosea 5:5 word by word

וְעָנָ֥ה גְאֽוֹן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָנָ֑יו וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙ בַּעֲוֹנָ֔ם כָּשַׁ֥ל גַּם־יְהוּדָ֖ה עִמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• doth testifyעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• to his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• fallכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• in their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for Hosea 5:5

• Hosea 7:10Israel, your arrogance testifies against you, but even after all this, you don’t turn to the Lord your God or look to him for help.
• Proverbs 30:13A certain kind of person looks around arrogantly and is conceited.
• Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
• Isaiah 9:9All the people of Ephraim and the people who live in Samaria will know it. With arrogant and conceited hearts they will say,
• Isaiah 28:1How horrible it will be for the arrogant drunks of Ephraim. Their glorious beauty is ⌞like⌟ a withered flower. They are at the entrance to a fertile valley where they lie drunk from wine.
• Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing. Their precious treasures are worthless. Their own witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
• Isaiah 59:12You are aware of our many rebellious acts. Our sins testify against us. Our rebellious acts are with us. We know our wrongdoings.
• Jeremiah 14:7Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
• Luke 19:22“The king said to him, ‘I’ll judge you by what you’ve said, you evil servant! You knew that I was a tough person to get along with. You knew that I take what isn’t mine and harvest grain I haven’t planted.
• Hosea 4:5During the day you stumble, and during the night the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother, ⌞the nation of Israel⌟.
• Hosea 14:1Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.
• Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of innocent people makes their road smooth, but wicked people fall by their own wickedness.
• Proverbs 14:32A wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but even in his death a righteous person has a refuge.
• Proverbs 24:16A righteous person may fall seven times, but he gets up again. However, in a disaster wicked people fall.
• Amos 5:2The people of Israel have fallen, never to rise again. They lie abandoned in their own land. There is no one to help them.

Commentaries on Hosea 5:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The pride of Israel doth testify to his face - The effrontery with which they practise idolatry manifests, not only their insolence, but the deep depravity of their heart; but their pride and arrogance shall be humbled.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And the pride of Israel - Pride was from the first the leading sin of Ephraim. Together with Manasseh, (with whom they made, in some respects, one whole, as “the children of Joseph, Joshua 16:4; Joshua 17:14), they were nearly equal in number to Judah. When numbered in the wilderness, Judah had 74,600 fighting men, Ephraim and Manasseh together 72,700. They speak of themselves as a “great people, forasmuch as the Lord has blessed me hitherto” Joshua…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the pride of Israel--wherewith they reject the warnings of God's prophets (Ho 5:2), and prefer their idols to God (Ho 7:10; Jr 13:17). testify to his face--openly to his face he shall be convicted of the pride which is so palpable in him. Or, "in his face," as in Is 3:9. Judah ... shall fall with them--This prophecy is later than Ho 4:15, when Judah had not gone so far in idolatry; now her imitation of Israel's bad example provokes the threat of her…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 5:5

• Backsliders
• Ephraim
• Example
• Pride
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Israel
• Judah
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Profound
• Rebuke

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