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10 The princes of Judah are like those who remove the landmark [the barrier between right and wrong]; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.(A)

11 Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment, because he was content to walk after idols (images) and man’s [evil] command [a](vanities and filth).

12 Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim and like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:11 “Vanities” is the rendering of The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament); “filth,” the rendering of The Dead Sea Scrolls.

10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.(A)
I will pour out my wrath(B) on them
    like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](C)
12 I am like a moth(D) to Ephraim,
    like rot(E) to the people of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.