For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Hosea 5:3 - King James Version - American Edition I know E´phra-im, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O E´phra-im, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot and have worshiped idols; Israel is defiled. American Standard Version (1901) I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled. Common English Bible I know Ephraim; Israel doesn’t escape my eye; for now Ephraim you have acted like a prostitute; Israel is defiled. Catholic Public Domain Version I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled. |
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that E´phra-im departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
Because Syria, E´phra-im, and the son of Remali´ah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hose´a. And the Lord said to Hose´a, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.
E´phra-im feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
When E´phra-im spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Ba´al, he died.
E´phra-im is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
When E´phra-im saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went E´phra-im to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
E´phra-im shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of E´phra-im, Israel is defiled.
O E´phra-im, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Because E´phra-im hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of E´phra-im, and they are the thousands of Manas´seh.
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.