Hosea 5:7

Hosea 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
• 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.

Context of Hosea 5:7

5Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing; Judah also has stumbled with them. 6They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have given birth to illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land. 8Blow the horn in Gibeah, And the trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: “Behind you, Benjamin!” 9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is trustworthy.

Hosea 5:7 word by word

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

• dealtבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• with the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• For they have givenיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• illegitimateזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• newחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• moonחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• will devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• landחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506

Cross-references for Hosea 5:7

• Hosea 6:7But like Adam they have violated the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously with Me.
• Isaiah 48:8You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.
• Isaiah 59:13Offending and denying the Lord, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
• Jeremiah 3:20However, as a woman treacherously leaves her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, House of Israel,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares the Lord.
• Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Psalms 144:7Reach out with Your hand from on high; Rescue me and save me from great waters, From the hand of foreigners
• Malachi 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
• Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God.
• Zechariah 11:8Then I did away with the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was tired of 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