OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 14

Hosea 5:14

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For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I myself will tear in pieces and go away.

I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

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Hosea 5:14 in context

Hosea 5:11–15

Ephraim is oppressed,

he is crushed in judgment,

because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,

and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

“When Ephraim saw his sickness,

and Judah his wound,

then Ephraim went to Assyria,

and sent to King Jareb:

but he is not able to heal you,

neither will he cure you of your wound.

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For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I myself will tear in pieces and go away.

I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

I will go and return to my place,

until they acknowledge their offense,

and seek my face.

In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

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