Hosea 5:5

Easy To Read Version

Israel’s pride is a witness against them. {\cf2\super [55]} So Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their sin. But Judah will also stumble with them.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:21

It is true that evil people will surely be punished. And good people will be made free.

Proverbs 11:5

If a good person is honest, then his life will be easy. But an evil person is destroyed by the bad things he does.

Proverbs 14:32

During times of trouble, evil people are defeated. But good people win a victory even during death.

Proverbs 24:16

If a good man falls seven times, he will always stand again. But evil people will always be defeated by trouble.

Proverbs 30:13

Some people think they are very good. They think they are much better than other people.

Isaiah 3:8

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled \{and has done wrong\}. Judah has fallen \{and has stopped following God\}. The things they say and do are against the Lord. The Lord’s glorious eyes clearly see all these things.

Isaiah 3:9

The faces of the people show that they are guilty of doing wrong. And they are proud of their sin. They are like the people of Sodom {\cf2\super [31]} —they don’t care who sees their sin. It will be very bad for them. They have brought much trouble to themselves.

Isaiah 44:9

Some people make statues (false gods)—but they are worthless. People love those statues—but the statues are useless. Those people are the witnesses of the statues—but they can’t see. They know nothing—they don’t know enough to be ashamed \{of the things they do\}.

Isaiah 59:12

Why? Because we have done many, many wrong things against our God.\par Our sins show we are wrong.\par We know we are guilty of doing these things.\par

Jeremiah 14:7

“We know that those things are our fault.\par We are now suffering because of our sins.\par Lord, do something to help us for the good of your name.\par We admit that we left you many times.\par We have sinned against you.\par

Jeremiah 2:19

You did bad things,\par and those bad things will only\par bring punishment to you.\par Trouble will come to you.\par And that trouble will teach you a lesson.\par Think about it!\par Then you will understand how bad it is\par to turn away from your God.\par It is wrong not to fear and respect me!”\par This message was from my Master,\par the Lord All-Powerful.\par

Hosea 14:1

Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.

Hosea 14:2

Think about the things you will say. And come back to the Lord. Say to him,

Hosea 4:5

You (priests) will fall in the daytime. And at night, the prophet will also fall with you. And I will destroy your mother.

Hosea 5:14

Why? Because I will be like a lion to Ephraim.\par I will be like a young lion\par to the nation {\cf2\super [62]} of Judah.\par I—yes, I (the Lord)—will rip them to pieces.\par I will carry them away,\par And no person can save.\par

Hosea 7:10

\{Ephraim’s\} pride speaks against him.\par The people had many, many troubles,\par but they still didn’t go back\par to the Lord their God.\par The people didn’t look to him for help.\par

Hosea 8:14

Israel built kings’ houses.\par But it forgot its Maker!\par Now Judah builds fortresses. {\cf2\super [83]} \par But I will send a fire on Judah’s cities.\par And the fire will destroy its fortresses!”\par

Amos 5:2

The virgin {\cf2\super [58]} of Israel has fallen.\par She will not get up any more.\par She was left alone, lying in the dirt.\par There is no person to lift her up.\par

Matthew 23:31

You give proof that you are children (descendants) of those people that killed the prophets.

Luke 19:22

Then the king said to the servant, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you. You said that I am a hard man. You said that I even take money that I didn’t earn and gather food that I didn’t grow.