Hosea 5:12 · KJV
“Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}”
— Hosea 5:12
Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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 — Context
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: {therefore} I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}
13When 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}
14For 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}.
Cross References
Isaiah 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.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
Mark 9:43-48
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}
Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who {is} he {that} shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.