Hosea 5:1

Translations

Modern

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Traditional

Hear 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.

Literal

“ Hear this, O priests! And pay attention, O house of Israel! And house is toward you, turn your ear! Indeed unto you is the judgment, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor.

Latin

Audite hoc, sacerdotes, et attendite, domus Israël, et domus regis, auscultate: quia vobis judicium est, quoniam laqueus facti estis speculationi, et rete expansum super Thabor.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Notes

Hosea 5:1

Hosea criticizes Israel's religious and political leaders. They have led the people into idol worship, like hunters trapping animals.
The specific sins at Mizpah and Tabor are unknown.

Theme notes and profiles

The Broken Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC

Related verses

Hosea 9:8
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
Hosea 6:9
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
Habakkuk 1:15–17
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Judges 4:6
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
Amos 7:9
The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
Hosea 9:11–17
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
Hosea 10:15
Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
2 Chronicles 21:12–15
Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Malachi 2:1
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Mount Tabor: Mountain in Israel, site of Deborah and Barak's victory Ramoth: City of refuge east of the Jordan

Glossary

Hosea, Book of Mount Tabor

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Tabor: A Mountain on the Border of the Tribe of Issachar

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