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Hosea 5:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 5:5

Verse 5 of 15

Scripture focus

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

Hosea 5:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 5:5

Theological / Devotional

Pride. Heb. ga’on (see on Ps. 47:4; Jer. 12:5). This may be a reference to the Lord, who was Israel’s excellency. In this case, the God who should have been the people’s glory, but who was now ignored and slighted by them, will testify against them to the face through punishments upon them. Or “pride” here may refer to the prosperity and flourishing condition of Israel in Hosea’s day (see on Hosea 2:8), which engendered the haughtiness that brought about her unwillingness to do God’s will; a pride, which the LXX says, “shall be brought low before his face” (see Prov. 16:18 ; 18:12).

Judah also. The burden of the prophet’s message was directed toward Israel, but occasionally the kingdom of Judah was included “also.”

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