They are unfaithful to the LORD;
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 5:7 in context
Hosea 5:4–10
4
Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God,
for the spirit of prostitution is within them,
and they don’t know the LORD.
5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.
Judah also will stumble with them.
6
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD,
but they won’t find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.
7
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They are unfaithful to the LORD;
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
9
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.
Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
10
The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.
I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
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