New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 5

The People’s Apostasy Rebuked

1Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085thisH2088,O priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548!GiveH7181heedH7181,O houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478!Listenהַאֲזִ֔ינוּha.'a.Zi.nuH238,O houseוּבֵ֤יתu.VeitH1004of the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428!For the judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּ֑טha.mish.PatH4941applies to you,For you have beenהֱיִיתֶ֣םhe.yi.TemH1961asnareפַח֙fachH6341at Mizpahלְמִצְפָּ֔הle.mitz.PahH4709And a netוְרֶ֖שֶׁתve.Re.shetH7568spreadפְּרוּשָׂ֥הpe.ru.SahH6566out on Taborתָּבֽוֹר׃ta.VorH8396.

2Therevoltersשֵׂטִ֖יםse.TimH7846havegoneH6009deepהֶעְמִ֑יקוּhe'.Mi.kuH6009in depravityH7821,But I will chastiseמוּסָ֥רmu.SarH4148allלְכֻלָּֽם׃le.khu.LamH3605of them.

3Iknowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,and Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478is not hiddenנִכְחַ֣דnikh.ChadH3582from Me;For nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258,O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,you have playedH2181the harlotH2181,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478has defiledנִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'H2930itself.

4Their deedsמַ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.HemH4611will not allowיִתְּנוּ֙yi.te.NuH5414themTo returnלָשׁ֖וּבla.ShuvH7725to their Godאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430. For aspiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of harlotryזְנוּנִים֙ze.nu.NimH2183is withinבְּקִרְבָּ֔םbe.kir.BamH7130them, And theydo not knowיָדָֽעוּ׃ya.Da.'uH3045the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

5Moreover, theprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478testifiesוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030againstבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440him,And Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478and Ephraimוְאֶפְרַ֗יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669stumbleיִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙yi.ka.she.LuH3782in their iniquityבַּעֲוֹנָ֔םba.'a.vo.NamH5771;Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063alsoגַּם־gam-H1571has stumbledכָּשַׁ֥לka.ShalH3782with them.

6They willgoיֵֽלְכ֛וּye.le.KhuH1980with their flocksבְּצֹאנָ֣םbe.tzo.NamH6629and herdsוּבִבְקָרָ֗םu.viv.ka.RamH1241To seekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, but they willnot findיִמְצָ֑אוּyim.Tza.'uH4672Him; He haswithdrawnחָלַ֖ץcha.LatzH2502from them.

7They havedealtבָּגָ֔דוּba.Ga.duH898treacherouslyH898against the Lordבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068,For they have borneיָלָ֑דוּya.La.duH3205illegitimateזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114childrenבָנִ֥יםva.NimH1121.Nowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258thenewחֹ֖דֶשׁCho.deshH2320moonH2320will devourיֹאכְלֵ֥םyokh.LemH398them with theirlandחֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ סchel.kei.HemH2506.

8Blowתִּקְע֤וּtik.'UH8628the hornשׁוֹפָר֙sho.FarH7782inGibeahבַּגִּבְעָ֔הba.giv.'AhH1390,The trumpetחֲצֹצְרָ֖הcha.tzo.tze.RahH2689in Ramahבָּרָמָ֑הba.ra.MahH7414.Soundהָרִ֙יעוּ֙ha.Ri.'uH7321an alarmH7321at Beth-avenH1007: “Behindאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310you, Benjaminבִּנְיָמִֽין׃bin.ya.MinH1144!”

9Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669will becomeתִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.YehH1961adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117of rebukeתּֽוֹכֵחָ֑הto.khe.ChahH8433;Among the tribesבְּשִׁבְטֵי֙be.shiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478Ideclareהוֹדַ֖עְתִּיho.Da'.tiH3045what is sureנֶאֱמָנָֽה׃ne.'e.ma.NahH539.

10The princesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063have becomeהָיוּ֙ha.YuH1961like those whomoveH5472a boundaryגְּב֑וּלge.VulH1366; On them I willpourאֶשְׁפּ֥וֹךְ'esh.PokhH8210out My wrathעֶבְרָתִֽי׃'ev.ra.TiH5678like waterכַּמַּ֖יִםka.Ma.yimH4325.

11Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isoppressedעָשׁ֥וּק'a.ShukH6231,crushedרְצ֣וּץre.TzutzH7533in judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941,Becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588he was determinedהוֹאִ֔ילho.'IlH2974tofollowהָלַ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵי־ha.Lakh 'a.cha.rei-H1980 H310man’scommandצָֽו׃TzavH6673.

12Therefore I am like amothכָעָ֖שׁkha.'AshH6211to Ephraimלְאֶפְרָ֑יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669And like rottennessוְכָרָקָ֖בve.kha.ra.KavH7538to the houseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

13When Ephraimאֶפְרַ֜יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669sawוַיַּ֨רְאvai.Yar'H7200his sicknessחָלְי֗וֹchal.YoH2483,And Judahוִֽיהוּדָה֙vi.hu.DahH3063hiswoundמְזֹר֔וֹme.zo.RoH4205,Then Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669wentוַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980toAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804And sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֖חvai.yish.LachH7971toKingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428Jarebיָרֵ֑בya.RevH3377. But he isunableיוּכַל֙yu.KhalH3808 H3201to healלִרְפֹּ֣אlir.Po'H7495you,Or to cureיִגְהֶ֥הyig.HehH1455you of yourwoundמָזֽוֹר׃ma.ZorH4205.

14For I will belike a lionכַשַּׁ֙חַל֙kha.Sha.chalH7826to Ephraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669And like a youngוְכַכְּפִ֖ירve.kha.ke.FirH3715lionH3715to the houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063.I, even I, will tearאֶטְרֹף֙'et.RofH2963to pieces and goוְאֵלֵ֔ךְve.'e.LekhH1980away,I will carryאֶשָּׂ֖א'e.Sa'H5375away, and thereH369will benoneH369to deliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337.

15I will goאֵלֵ֤ךְ'e.LekhH1980away andreturnאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙'a.Shu.vahH7725to My placeמְקוֹמִ֔יme.ko.MiH4725Untilעַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־'ad 'a.Sher-H5704 H834theyacknowledgeH816their guiltH816and seekוּבִקְשׁ֣וּu.vik.ShuH1245My faceפָנָ֑יfa.NaiH6440;In their afflictionבַּצַּ֥רba.TzarH6862they will earnestlyH7836seekיְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃ye.sha.cha.Ru.niH7836Me.

The People’s Apostasy Rebuked

Commentaries on Hosea 5