Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
Hosea 5:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord, for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon shall devour them along with their fields. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have dealt faithlessly and treacherously with the Lord [their espoused Husband], for they have borne alien children. Now shall a [single] New Moon (one month) devour them with their fields. 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. Common English Bible They have acted faithlessly against the LORD; for their children have produced illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them along with their fields. Catholic Public Domain Version They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions. |
Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
Stretch out your hand from on high; set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hand of foreigners,
Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
You have never heard; you have never known; from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would act very treacherously and that from birth you were called a rebel.
transgressing and denying the Lord and turning away from following our God, talking oppression and revolt, conceiving lying words and uttering them from the heart.
Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly faithless to me, says the Lord.
Therefore say to them, “Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be fulfilled, says the Lord God.”
I will put an end to all her mirth, her festivals, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed festivals.
Upon her children also I will have no pity, because they are children of prostitution.
But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.