Hosea 5 (TFTU)

1 “Listen, you priests!And you other Israeli people, you also pay attention!And you who are members of the king’s family, you also need to listen,because I am going to judge you!Your worshiping idols has been like [MET] a trap for the people at Mizpah town;it has been like [MET] a net spread out to catch people at Tabor Mountain. 2 You have done many evil things,so I will punish all of you. 3 I know everything about the people of Israel;nothing that they have done is hidden from me.Because the people of Israel have given themselves to worshiping idolslike [MET] prostitutes give themselves to the men they sleep with,they have become unacceptable to me. 4 Because they like to do evil things,they will not return to me, their God.Like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me;they do not even know me, Yahweh. 5 It is as though their being proud testifies [PRS] against them.The sins that the people of Israel have committed are like a heavy load that causes them to stumble,and the people of Judah stumble with them. 6 They will come to worship me, Yahweh,bringing their herds of sheep and cattle,but they will not be able to find me,because I have abandoned them. 7 They have abandoned me;and their children do not belong to me [MET].So they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at the new moons because I will destroy them and the crops in their fields. 8 Blow the rams’ horns in Gibeah town and blow the trumpets in Ramah town!Warn the people at Beth-Aven town;you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops into the battle. 9 Israel will be ruined on the day that I destroy them.What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly happen. 10 Because the leaders of Judah seized some land that belonged to Israel,they are like [SIM] those who move boundary markers to get more land for themselves; so I will punish them severely [MET]. 11 And the people of Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them,because they are very determined to worship idols. 12 I will destroy the people of Israel like [SIM] ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches► destroy wool,and I will cause the people of Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood. 13 When the leaders of Israel and Judah saw that the people were sufferingbecause of what their enemies were doing to them [MET],they sent messages to the great King of Assyriarequesting his help.But he cannot help you;he cannot cause you to stop suffering, because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah. 14 I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations;I will attack them and tear them to pieces.I will drag them away,and no one will be able to rescue them. 15 After that, I will return to my place in heavenuntil they admit that they have sinned [MTY] and return to me;when they will experience many troubles,they will request me to help them.”

Hosea 5 (TFTU)

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