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Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment because they are determined to worship idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim <i>is</i> oppressed <i>and</i> broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed <i>and</i> broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by <i>human</i> precept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, broken <i>by</i> judgment, Because he was determined to follow <i>man’s</i> command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow man&#8217s command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow <i>man’s</i> command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to walk after <i>man’s</i> command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken <i>and</i> crushed by [divine] judgment, Because he was determined to follow <i>man’s</i> command (vanities, filth, secular precepts).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man's command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel was brutally crushed. They got what they deserved for worshiping useless idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after the command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed-crushed by punishment, because its people are determined to chase idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, broken in judgment, "" When he pleased he went after the command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim was oppressed, he was broken in judgment because he was willing to go after the command.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed by judgment, for he has willingly gone after filth! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly went after vain things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Aphreim is oppressed and afflicted in judgment because he was pleased to go after nothing<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; Because he willingly walked after filth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/5-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=780" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/5.htm">God's Judgment on Israel and Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·ra·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hebrew/6231.htm" title="6231: ‘ā·šūq (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To oppress, wrong, extort. A primitive root; to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.">is oppressed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7533.htm" title="7533: rə·ṣūṣ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-msc) -- To crush. A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively.">crushed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">in judgment,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2974.htm" title="2974: hō·w·’îl (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to yield, especially assent; hence To undertake as an act of volition.">he is determined</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">to follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê- (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6673.htm" title="6673: ṣāw (N-ms) -- Perhaps command. Or tsav; from tsavah; an injunction.">worthless idols.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a></span><br />“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a></span><br />Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5</a></span><br />Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Jeremiah 18:12</a></span><br />But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-16.htm">Ezekiel 20:16</a></span><br />because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Micah 6:16</a></span><br />You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Zephaniah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm">Matthew 15:3-9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? / For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. / You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-9</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.</p><p class="hdg">oppressed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></b></br> The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">2 Kings 15:16-20,29</a></b></br> Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that <i>were</i> therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not <i>to him</i>, therefore he smote <i>it; and</i> all the women therein that were with child he ripped up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11,12</a></b></br> Forasmuch therefore as your treading <i>is</i> upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them… </p><p class="hdg">he willingly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26-33</a></b></br> And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Micah 6:16</a></b></br> For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Command</a> <a href="/daniel/9-25.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Content</a> <a href="/daniel/8-12.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/daniel/11-36.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/daniel/8-4.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-9.htm">Pursuit</a> <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Right</a> <a href="/daniel/8-10.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/daniel/9-25.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/daniel/9-10.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/daniel/4-29.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Willingly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Command</a> <a href="/nahum/1-14.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Content</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/hosea/5-12.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/5-12.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/nahum/3-6.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/mark/4-19.htm">Pursuit</a> <a href="/hosea/12-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/hosea/11-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/john/6-21.htm">Willingly</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Ephraim was a leading tribe, but here it is described as "oppressed." The Hebrew root for "oppressed" (עָשַׁק, 'ashaq) conveys a sense of being wronged or exploited. This oppression is not merely physical but spiritual and moral, indicating the consequences of turning away from God. The historical context shows that Ephraim's alliances with foreign nations and idolatry led to their downfall, illustrating the spiritual oppression that results from abandoning God's covenant.<p><b>crushed in judgment</b><br />The phrase "crushed in judgment" suggests a severe and decisive punishment. The Hebrew word for "crushed" (רָצוּץ, ratsats) implies being broken or shattered. This judgment is not arbitrary but a direct result of their actions. Biblically, judgment is often portrayed as a refining process, meant to bring about repentance and restoration. The historical context of Hosea's prophecy includes the Assyrian invasion, which was a literal crushing of the Northern Kingdom, serving as a divine judgment for their unfaithfulness.<p><b>for he is determined</b><br />The word "determined" (הוּא הָלַךְ, hu halak) in Hebrew suggests a deliberate and persistent choice. Ephraim's determination is not a passive state but an active decision to pursue a path contrary to God's will. This highlights the theme of free will and the consequences of choosing to follow one's desires over divine guidance. Theologically, it underscores the importance of aligning one's will with God's to avoid spiritual ruin.<p><b>to follow what is worthless</b><br />The phrase "to follow what is worthless" (אַחֲרֵי צָו, acharei tsav) indicates a pursuit of vanity or emptiness. The Hebrew word "worthless" (צָו, tsav) can also mean command or precept, suggesting that Ephraim was following false teachings or idols. This reflects the biblical theme of idolatry, where anything that takes the place of God is ultimately empty and unfulfilling. Historically, the Northern Kingdom's engagement in idol worship and reliance on foreign powers were seen as chasing after things that could not provide true security or satisfaction. This serves as a timeless warning against placing trust in anything other than God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Broken in judgment.--</span>The Authorised version is probably right in this rendering, the phrase having reference to rights pertaining to individuals. Interpreters differ as to the rare word <span class= "ital">tsav,</span> translated "commandment." It only occurs in one other place (<a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little:">Isaiah 28:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm" title="But the word of the LORD was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.">Isaiah 28:13</a>). Ewald regards it as meaning "wooden post," <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> their idol, but this has no basis in Old Testament usage, though etymologically ingenious. The majority of Jewish and modern commentators take it as meaning the evil ordinance of Jeroboam, who demanded the reverence of his subjects for the calf-symbol of Jehovah. The LXX. had another text (<span class= "ital">shav</span> instead of <span class= "ital">tsav</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> which they render "vanities," and are followed by the Targum and Syriac version. This is worthy of attention.<p><span class= "bld">Willingly</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, "waywardly."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment</span>. The expression <span class="accented">retsuts mishpat</span> is <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> by some explained, "crushed by the judgment," that is, of God, according to which <span class="accented">mishpat</span> would be the genitive of the agent as <span class="accented">mukkeh Elohim</span>. But "crushed of judgment" or in judgment is justly preferred by others, the genitive taking the place of the accusative. Again, though the combination of '<span class="accented">ashuq</span> with <span class="accented">rutsuts</span> is frequent, occurring as early as <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>, the latter is the stronger term. The oppression is <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> not that which their own kings and princes practiced upon their subjects, according to Aben Ezra, "Their kings oppressed and cheated them;" nor the injustice practiced by the people of Ephraim among themselves, as implied by the LXX., "Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment underfoot." The reference <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> is rather to Ephraim being oppressed and crushed in judgment by the heathen nations around; thus Rashi explains, "Oppressed is Ephraim ever by the hand of the heathen - chastised with chastisements;" so also Kimchi, "By the hand of the heathen who oppressed and crushed them through hard judgments." The construction is asyndetous, like <a href="/songs/2-11.htm">Song of Solomon 2:11</a>, "The rain is over, is gone." <span class="cmt_word">Because he willingly walked after the commandment.</span> This clause assigns the reason of Ephraim's oppression. They evinced ready willing-hood in following . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/5-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Ephraim</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is oppressed,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׁ֥וּק</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·šūq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6217.htm">Strong's 6217: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oppression, extortion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crushed</span><br /><span class="heb">רְצ֣וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ṣūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7533.htm">Strong's 7533: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crack in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in judgment,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּ֑ט</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he is determined</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹאִ֔יל</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·’îl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2974.htm">Strong's 2974: </a> </span><span class="str2">To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to follow</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what is worthless.</span><br /><span class="heb">צָֽו׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's 6673: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps command</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed he is crushed (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/5-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 5:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 5:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/5-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 5:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 5:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>