The Meaning of Hosea 5:5 Explained

Hosea 5:5

KJV: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

YLT: And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

Darby: And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.

ASV: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 5:5?

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What is the context of Hosea 5:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

What does Hosea 5:5 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The self-exalting arrogance of the Israelites gave evidence of their guilt and caused them to stumble as they pursued iniquity (cf. Proverbs 16:18). With their proud noses high in the air, they frequently stumbled as they walked. Judah had also stumbled in some of the same sins.

Context Summary

Hosea 5:1-15 - God's Rebuke Of Apostasy

The prophet continues his grave indictment of his people. The court and the priesthood were chiefly responsible for the awful degeneracy that was eating out the national heart. The seductions of idolatry that abounded everywhere resembled the snares and nets set by hunters on the wooded heights of Gilead and Tabor.

Suddenly, within a month, Hosea 5:7, an alarm sounds from hill to hill. The foreign invader has entered the country and is slowly marching southward. Even Benjamin is threatened. Ephraim must suffer because of the institutions of Omri and Ahab, Hosea 5:11; and Judah, because her princes were grasping and fraudulent. Though message after message was sent to procure the help of Jareb-a symbolical name for Assyria, "the warlike," he would not be able to avert the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. You cannot stop the dry-rot by grand alliances. Nothing can save a nation in whose heart the worst forms of corruption are being nourished, except a wholesale return of God and a seeking of His face. It is certain that if this lesson were profoundly learned and then practiced, the horrors of a world in arms would come to a speedy and a blessed end. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 5

¹ The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes,
⁹ both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins
¹⁵ An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance

What do the individual words in Hosea 5:5 mean?

And testifies the pride of Israel to his face therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity stumbles also Judah with them

וְעָנָ֥ה גְאֽוֹן־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָנָ֑יו וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙ בַּעֲוֺנָ֔ם כָּשַׁ֥ל גַּם־ יְהוּדָ֖ה עִמָּֽם

וְעָנָ֥ה	And testifies
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
גְאֽוֹן־	the pride
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: גָּאֹון Sense: exaltation, majesty, pride.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
בְּפָנָ֑יו	to his face
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	therefore Israel
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם	and Ephraim
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶפְרַיִם Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙	stumble
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: כָּשַׁל Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
בַּעֲוֺנָ֔ם	in their iniquity
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: עָוֹן Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
כָּשַׁ֥ל	stumbles
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּשַׁל Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
גַּם־	also
Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
יְהוּדָ֖ה	Judah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדָה Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
עִמָּֽם	with them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: עִם Sense: with.

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