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Hosea 4:5

You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

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ASV

And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.

KJV

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכָשַׁלְתָּ֣ve.kha.shal.Taand you will stumbleH3782 →
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
וְכָשַׁ֧לve.kha.Shaland he will stumbleH3782 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
נָבִ֛יאna.Vi'a prophetH5030 →
עִמְּךָ֖'i.me.Khawith youH5973 →
לָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahnightH3915 →
וְדָמִ֖יתִיve.da.Mi.tiand I will destroyH1820 →
אִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khamother yourH517 →

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Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.Jeremiah 23:9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.Ezekiel 16:44–45Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’Jeremiah 6:12–15Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.Micah 3:5–7This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:Jeremiah 8:10–12Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Ezekiel 13:9–16My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 6:4–5‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.Hosea 9:7–8The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.Ezekiel 14:7–10For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.Jeremiah 50:12your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.Isaiah 9:13–17But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 14:15–16Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!

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