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Judgment on Israel and Judah

Hosea 5:7

In 11 translations

BSB
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.Or their New Moon feast or the coming month
KJV
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
WEB
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
ASV
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
LSV
Against YHWH they dealt treacherously, || For they have begotten strange sons, || Now a month consumes them [with] their portions.
YLT
Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.
DBY
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
DRC
They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
GNV
They haue transgressed against the Lord: for they haue begotte strange children: now shall a moneth deuoure them with their portions.
JPS
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.
LXXE
For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בַּיהוָ֣ה בָּגָ֔דוּ כִּֽי־בָנִ֥ים זָרִ֖ים יָלָ֑דוּ עַתָּ֛ה יֹאכְלֵ֥ם חֹ֖דֶשׁ אֶת־חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
ὅτι τὸν Κύριον ἐγκατέλιπον, ὅτι τέκνα ἀλλότρια ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς· νῦν καταφάγεται αὐτοὺς ἡ ἐρυσίβη, καὶ τοὺς κλήρους αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
  • Jeremiah 3:20But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
  • Hosea 2:4I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
  • Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
  • Ezekiel 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  • Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
  • Psalms 144:11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
  • Isaiah 59:13rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
  • Hosea 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
  • Nehemiah 13:23–24In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
  • Malachi 2:11–15Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. As for the man who does this, may the…
  • Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
  • Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

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