KJV King James Version
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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Hosea 5:12
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Surrounding context — Hosea 5
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12 Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13 When 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.
14 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].
15 I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
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Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.Jonah 4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.Mark 9:43-48And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:Isaiah 50:9Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is] he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
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