Hosea 5:14

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

12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. 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. 15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hosea 5:14 word by word

כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲנִ֨י אֲנִ֤י אֶטְרֹף֙ וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ אֶשָּׂ֖א וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear

• 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 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
• Job 10:16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
• Psalms 7:2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
• Lamentations 3:10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
• Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Micah 5:8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
• Deuteronomy 28:31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine donkey shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
• Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
• Amos 2:14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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