Hosea 5:7

Hosea 5:7 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They have betrayed the honor of the Lord, bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.

Context of Hosea 5:7

5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. 6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. 8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Hosea 5:7 word by word

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

• 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 men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
• Isaiah 48:8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
• Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• Jeremiah 3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
• Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
• Nehemiah 13:23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
• Psalms 144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
• Malachi 2:11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
• Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.
• Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred 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