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And the revolters are gone deep [a]in making slaughter; but I am a [b]rebuker of them all. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled. [c]Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is [d]within them, and they know not Jehovah.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:2 Or, in corruption
  2. Hosea 5:2 Hebrew rebuke.
  3. Hosea 5:4 Or, They will not frame their doings
  4. Hosea 5:4 Or, in the midst of

The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(A)
    I will discipline all of them.(B)
I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(C) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(D)

“Their deeds do not permit them
    to return(E) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution(F) is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge(G) the Lord.

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