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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 5 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Israel and Judah Will Be Judged</h3><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.1" class="v28_5_1">1</span>Listen, you priests!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_1">Pay attention, Israel!<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_1">Listen, you members</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_1">of the royal family.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_1">Justice was your duty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_1">But<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> at Mizpah and Mount Tabor</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_1">you trapped the people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.2" class="v28_5_2">2</span>At the place of worship</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_2">you were a treacherous pit,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_2">and I will punish you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.3" class="v28_5_3">3</span>Israel, I know all about you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_3">and because of your unfaithfulness,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_3">I find you unacceptable.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.4" class="v28_5_4">4</span>Your evil deeds are the reason</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_4">you won't return to me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_4">your <span class="nd">Lord</span> God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_4">And your constant craving for sex</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_4">keeps you from knowing me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.5" class="v28_5_5">5</span>Israel, your pride</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_5">testifies to your guilt;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_5">it makes you stumble,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_5">and Judah stumbles too.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.6" class="v28_5_6">6</span>You offer sheep and cattle</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_6">as sacrifices to me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_6">but I have turned away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_6">and refuse to be found.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.7" class="v28_5_7">7</span>You have been unfaithful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_7">to me, your <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_7">you have had children</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_7">by prostitutes.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_7">So at the New Moon Festival,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_7">you and your crops</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_7">will be destroyed.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.7!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Warns Israel and Judah</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.8" class="v28_5_8">8</span>Give a warning on the trumpet!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_8">Let it be heard in Gibeah,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_8">Ramah, and sinful Bethel.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_8">Benjamin, watch out!<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.9" class="v28_5_9">9</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will punish</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_9">and wipe out Israel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_9">This is my solemn promise</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_9">to every tribe of Israel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.10" class="v28_5_10">10</span>Judah's leaders are like crooks</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_10">who move boundary markers;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_10">that's why I will flood them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_10">with my anger.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.11" class="v28_5_11">11</span>Israel was brutally crushed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_11">They got what they deserved</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_11">for worshiping useless idols.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.12" class="v28_5_12">12</span>Now I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_12">will fill Israel with maggots</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_12">and make Judah rot.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.13" class="v28_5_13">13</span>When Israel and Judah saw</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_13">their sickness and wounds,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_13">Israel asked help from Assyria</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_13">and its mighty king.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.5.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_13">But the king cannot cure them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_13">or heal their wounds.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.14" class="v28_5_14">14</span>So I'll become a fierce lion</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_14">attacking Israel and Judah.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_14">I'll snatch and carry off</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_14">what I want,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_14">and no one can stop me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.5.15" class="v28_5_15">15</span>Then I'll return to my temple</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_15">until they confess their guilt</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_15">and worship me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_5_15">until they are desperate</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_5_15">and beg for my help.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Israel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably meaning the tribal leaders of Israel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Justice … duty. But: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “You are doomed, because.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">At … pit: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">prostitutes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 4.14, and the note at 1.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">So … destroyed: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sinful Bethel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 4.15. Gibeah is 5 kilometers north of Jerusalem, Ramah is 8 kilometers north, and Bethel is 17.5 kilometers north. The attack comes from the south, and all the land of Benjamin (belonging to Israel) is in danger.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">watch out: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “lead the way.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">for … idols: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and … king: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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