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Hosea 5:12

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

KJV

Et ego quasi tinea Ephraim, et quasi putredo domui Juda.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγὼ ὡς ταραχὴ τῷ Ἐφράιμ, καὶ ὡς κέντρον τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα.

LXX

Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

ASV

וַ/אֲנִ֥י כָ/עָ֖שׁ לְ/אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְ/כָ/רָקָ֖ב לְ/בֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahEphraimJudah

In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 12×
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
רָקָ֖ב
rqb
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Isa 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Isa 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Job 13:28 — And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
  • Jonah 4:7 — But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.