So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
Hosea 5:12 - Easy To Read Version I will destroy Ephraim,\par like a moth destroys a piece of cloth.\par I \{will destroy\} Judah,\par like rot \{destroys a piece of wood\}.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim and like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them]. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Common English Bible Therefore, I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda. |
So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par
A husband is happy and proud with a good wife. But if a woman makes her husband ashamed, then she is like a sickness in his body.
\{Bad things will happen to those people\}. Their descendants {\cf2\super [55]} will be completely destroyed—like straw and leaves are burned by fire. Their descendants will be destroyed like a root \{that dies and\} becomes dust. Their descendants will be destroyed like a fire destroys a flower—the ashes blow away in the wind.
But look, the Lord my Master helps me. So no person can show me to be evil. All those people will become like worthless old clothes. Moths will eat them.
Why? Because they will be like\par old clothes.\par Moths will eat them.\par They will be like wool.\par Worms will eat them.\par But my goodness will continue forever.\par My salvation will continue\par forever and ever.”\par
The next morning, God sent a worm to eat part of the plant. The worm began eating the plant and the plant died.