Holman Christian Standard Bible

Hosea 5:7-12 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

7. They betrayed the Lord; indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour themalong with their fields.

8. Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: After you, Benjamin!

9. Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certainamong the tribes of Israel.

10. The princes of Judah are like thosewho move boundary markers; I will pour out My fury on them like water.

11. Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

12. So I am like rot to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah.