King James Version
Hosea 5:2 in the King James Version says “And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. though: or, and a rebuker: H...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. though: or, and a rebuker: Heb. a correction”
Hosea 5:2 · KJV
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. though: or, and a rebuker: Heb. a correction
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. They will: or, Their doings will not suffer them frame: Heb. give
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“though I have been a rebuker”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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