Hosea 5:2 “The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.”

Hosea 5:2

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

World English Bible

The rebels are deep in slaughter, but I discipline all of them.

American Standard Version

And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet they were profounde, to decline to slaughter, though I haue bene a rebuker of them all.

Darby Translation

And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.

Young's Literal Translation

And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them all.

Bible in Basic English

They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.

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Cross references

“the revolters”

Hosea 9:15 Hosea 6:9 Jeremiah 6:28

Hosea 9:15 · BSB

All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Hosea 6:9 · BSB

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

Jeremiah 6:28 · BSB

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

“profound”

Isaiah 29:15 Psalm 64:3–6 Psalm 140:1–5 Jeremiah 18:18 Luke 22:2–5 Acts 23:12–15

Isaiah 29:15 · BSB

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Psalm 64:3–6 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 140:1–5 · BSB

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Luke 22:2–5 · BSB

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

Acts 23:12–15 · BSB

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

“though”

Hosea 6:5 Isaiah 1:5 Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 25:3–7 Amos 4:6–12 Revelation 3:19

Hosea 6:5 · BSB

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Isaiah 1:5 · BSB

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 25:3–7 · BSB

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

Amos 4:6–12 · BSB

“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Also

Hosea 4:2

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

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

In context

1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

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