Hosea 5:12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
‖Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, a worme
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- Isaiah 51:8Rank 1 from verse 12
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
8For the moth shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shal eate them like wooll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer; and my saluation from generation to generation.
- Isaiah 50:9Rank 4 from verse 12
- Mark 9:43–48Rank 5 from verse 12
43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
43*‖And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shall be quenched:
44*Where their worme dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45And if thy foote offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, then hauing two feete, to be cast into hell, into the fire that neuer shall be quenched:
46Where their worme dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47And if thine eye ‖offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into helfire:
48Where their worme dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Proverbs 12:4Rank 6 from verse 12
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Hosea 5:12
A small winged creature known for consuming or corrupting garments and other perishable things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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rottenness
State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
11Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in iudgement: because he willingly walked after the commandement.
12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
12‖Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse.
Selected passage13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
13‖When Ephraim saw his sicknesse, and Iudah saw his wound: then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Iareb; yet could he not heale you, nor cure you of your wound.