King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 5:12
“Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.”
Verse in context — Hosea 5
10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11
Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14
For I [will be] unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, [even] I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue [him].
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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