King James Version (KJV)

Hosea 5:7

“They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.”

Verse in context — Hosea 5

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.