Hosea 5:1
What does Hosea 5:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 5:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment <FI>is<Fi> for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over and a net spread upon Thabor.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Micah 7:2
The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Hosea 9:8
Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.
- Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- Malachi 2:1
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
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