Hosea 5:7

What does Hosea 5:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 5:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month <FI>with<Fi> their portions.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.

Context

v.6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

v.7This passage

v.8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Malachi 2:11

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Isaiah 48:8

    Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • Hosea 6:7

    But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

  • Jeremiah 3:20

    Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

  • Hosea 2:4

    Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

  • Isaiah 59:13

    transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

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