Hosea 5:7 “They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimat…”

Hosea 5:7

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They are unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

American Standard Version

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

Geneva Bible 1599

They haue transgressed against the Lord: for they haue begotte strange children: now shall a moneth deuoure them with their portions.

Darby Translation

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.

Young's Literal Translation

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

Bible in Basic English

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

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Cross references

“dealt”

Hosea 6:7 Isaiah 48:8 Jeremiah 3:20 Isaiah 59:13 Jeremiah 5:11

Hosea 6:7 · BSB

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Isaiah 48:8 · BSB

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

Jeremiah 3:20 · BSB

But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 59:13 · BSB

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Jeremiah 5:11 · BSB

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

“begotten”

Psalm 144:7 Psalm 144:11 Malachi 2:11–15 Nehemiah 13:23 Nehemiah 13:24

Psalm 144:7 · BSB

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

Psalm 144:11 · BSB

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Malachi 2:11–15 · BSB

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

Nehemiah 13:23 · BSB

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:24 · BSB

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

“a month”

Ezekiel 12:28 Zechariah 11:8

Ezekiel 12:28 · BSB

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Also

Hosea 2:4 Hosea 2:11

Hosea 2:4 · BSB

I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

Hosea 2:11 · BSB

I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.

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

In context

6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

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