Tree of Life Version
Hosea 5:14
14For 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 nobody will rescue.
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
12So, I will be like a moth to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah. 13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent envoys to a warring king. But he cannot heal you nor will he cure your wound. 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 nobody will rescue. 15I will go and return to My place until they admit their guilt. Then they will seek My face. In their distress they will seek Me earnestly:
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 became like a lion to them— like a leopard lying in wait by the way.
- Job 10:16If my head is held high, You hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me.
- Psalms 7:2Adonai my God, in You I have taken refuge. Save me from each of my persecutors, and deliver me.
- Lamentations 3:10He is a lurking bear to me, a lion in hiding.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has taken prey?
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God. Or else I will tear you in pieces with no one to rescue you.
- Micah 5:8May your hand be raised up against your adversaries, and may all your foes be cut off.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen in front of you, and it will not be returned to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.
- Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion. They will growl like young lions— yes, they will roar, seize their prey and carry it away safely— and there will be none to rescue.
- Amos 2:14Then flight will fail for the swift. The mighty will not strengthen his power, 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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