Hosea 5
Lutheran reading notes
In Hosea chapter 5, the prophetic message develops the theme of Israel’s unfaithfulness and God’s enduring covenant love. Lutheran interpretation often highlights the contrast between divine judgment against sin and the promise of grace that God provides for those who trust in Him.
1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment {is} toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea 5:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I {have been} a rebuker of them all. {though: or, and} {a rebuker: Heb. a correction}
Hosea 5:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, {and} Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms {is} in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. {They will...: or, Their doings will not suffer them} {frame: Heb. give}
Hosea 5:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
5
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 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find {him}; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Hosea 5:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, {and} the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud {at} Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Hosea 5:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Hosea 5:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: {therefore} I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hosea 5:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Hosea 5:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}
Hosea 5:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah {saw} his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. {king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead}
Hosea 5:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
For I {will be} unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, {even} I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue {him}.
Hosea 5:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
15
I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}
Hosea 5:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.