New English Translation
Hosea 5:14
14I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to 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
12I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah. 13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound! I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! 15Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- unto Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- as a lionשַׁ֫חַלshachal · lionH7826
- and as a young lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
- to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- I, will tearטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
- and go awayיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- I will take awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- and none shall rescueנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
Cross-references for Hosea 5:14
- Hosea 13:7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Job 10:16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
- Psalms 7:2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
- Lamentations 3:10To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
- Psalms 50:22Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
- Micah 5:8Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.
- Job 10:7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?
- Isaiah 5:29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
- Amos 2:14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.
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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