King James Version
Hosea 4:5 in the King James Version says “Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mot...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. destroy: Heb. cut off”
Hosea 4:5 · KJV
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. destroy: Heb. cut off
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. destroyed: Heb. cut off
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
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“Therefore shalt thou fall”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
“in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“Therefore shalt thou fall”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with thee in the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“and I will destroy”
H1820to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy
“thy mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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