Hosea 5 — T4T

Yahweh’s accusation against the Israeli people

5Verse 1“Listen, you priests!And you other Israeli people, you also pay attention!And you who are members of the king’s family, you also need to listen,because I am going to judge you!Your worshiping idols has been like [MET] a trap for the people at Mizpah town;it has been like [MET] a net spread out to catch people at Tabor Mountain.^{Verse 2}You have done many evil things,so I will punish all of you.^{Verse 3}I know everything about the people of Israel;nothing that they have done is hidden from me.Because the people of Israel have given themselves to worshiping idolslike [MET] prostitutes give themselves to the men they sleep with,they have become unacceptable to me.
^{Verse 4}Because they like to do evil things,they will not return to me, their God.Like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me;they do not even know me, Yahweh.^{Verse 5}It is as though their being proud testifies [PRS] against them.The sins that the people of Israel have committed are like a heavy load that causes them to stumble,
and the people of Judah stumble with them.^{Verse 6}They will come to worship me, Yahweh,bringing their herds of sheep and cattle,but they will not be able to find me,because I have abandoned them.^{Verse 7}They have abandoned me;and their children do not belong to me [MET].So they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at the new moonsbecause I will destroy them and the crops in their fields.^{Verse 8}Blow the rams’ horns in Gibeah townand blow the trumpets in Ramah town!Warn the people at Beth-Aven town;you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops into the battle.^{Verse 9}Israel will be ruined on the day that I destroy them.What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly happen.^{Verse 10}Because the leaders of Judah seized some land that belonged to Israel,they are like [SIM] those who move boundary markers to get more land for themselves;so I will punish them severely [MET].
^{Verse 11}And the people of Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them,because they are very determined to worship idols.^{Verse 12}I will destroy the people of Israel like [SIM] ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches► destroy wool,and I will cause the people of Judah to be like [SIM] rotten wood.^{Verse 13}When the leaders of Israel and Judah saw that the people were sufferingbecause of what their enemies were doing to them [MET],they sent messages to the great King of Assyriarequesting his help.But he cannot help you;he cannot cause you to stop suffering,
because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah.^{Verse 14}I will become like [SIM] a lion [DOU] to both nations;I will attack them and tear them to pieces.I will drag them away,and no one will be able to rescue them.^{Verse 15}After that, I will return to my place in heavenuntil they admit that they have sinned [MTY] and return to me;when they will experience many troubles,they will request me to help them.”