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Hosea 5:7 KJV
Hosea · chapter 5 · verse 7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.Hosea 5:7 · King James Version
Hosea 5:7 in context
5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
7They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- treacherouslybâgadto coverH898 →
- begottenyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- strangezûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- devourʼâkalto eatH398 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
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Here, I. All orders and degrees of men are cited to appear and answer to such things as shall be laid to their charge (Hos 5:1): Hear you this, O priests! whether in holy orders (as those in Judah, and perhaps many in Israel too, for in the ten tribes there were divers cities of priests and Levites, who, it is…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7