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Hosea 5:14
14For 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.
Context of Hosea 5:14
12I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah. 13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores. 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. 15Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery 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 be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Job 10:16If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
- Psalms 7:2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Lamentations 3:10Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?
- Psalms 50:22“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Micah 5:8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which mauls and mangles as it goes, and no one can rescue.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.
- Job 10:7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
- Isaiah 5:29Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.
- Amos 2:14The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
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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