One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Hosea 5:12 - New Revised Standard Version Therefore I am like maggots to Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah. 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. |
One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will become rotten, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered.