Hosea 5:12 “So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.”

Hosea 5:12

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

World English Bible

Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

American Standard Version

Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iudah as a rottennesse.

Darby Translation

And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Young's Literal Translation

And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

Bible in Basic English

And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.

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Cross references

“as a”

Isaiah 51:8 Job 13:28 Isaiah 50:9

Isaiah 51:8 · BSB

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Job 13:28 · BSB

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Isaiah 50:9 · BSB

Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

“as”

Proverbs 12:4

Proverbs 12:4 · BSB

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

“rottenness”

Jonah 4:7 Mark 9:44–48

Jonah 4:7 · BSB

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Also

Mark 9:43–48

Mark 9:43–48 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

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