Hosea 5:1 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

BSB

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ASV

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Hosea 5:1-2 (420)

"Hear these things, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and O house of the king, give ear; for judgment is for you. For you have become a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor, and victims on high have been turned aside into the depths." LXX: "Listen to these things, priests, and attend, House of Israel, and House of the King, perceive with your ears, for judgment belongs to you, since you have become a snare for speculation, and like a net spread out over Italy, those who capture it have established a hunt."

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

But before I pursue farther the subject of the Prophets something must be said of the words. When he says, To you is judgment, some explain it, "It is your duty to do judgment," to maintain government, that every one may discharge his own office; for judgment is taken for rectitude; the word mspht, mesgepheth, means a right order of things.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Hear ye this, O priests,.... Though idolatrous ones, who called themselves priests, and were reckoned so by others, though not of the tribe of Levi, but such as Jeroboam had made priests, or were their successors; and there might be some of the family of Aaron and tribe of Levi, that might continue in the cities of Israel, and who gave in to the idolatrous worship of those times.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Those that allure and entice men to sin, however they may pretend friendship and good-will, are to be looked upon as snares and nets to them, and their hands as bands, Eccl. vii. But to those whom they could not seduce into sin they were as a net and a snare to bring them into trouble.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hear ye this, O ye priests - God, with the solemn threefold summons, arraigns anew all classes in Israel before Him, not now to repentance but to judgment. Neither the religious privileges of the priests, nor the multitude of the people, nor the civil dignity of the king, should exempt any from God’s judgment. The priests are, probably, the true but corrupted priests of God, who had fallen away to the idolatries with which they were surrounded, and, by their apostasy, had strengthened them.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁמְעוּ־	shim.'u-	hear	H8085 →
זֹ֨את	zot	this	H2063 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	O priests	H3548 →
וְהַקְשִׁ֣יבוּ׀	ve.hak.Shi.vu	and pay attention	H7181 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	O house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וּבֵ֤ית	u.Veit	and O house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הַאֲזִ֔ינוּ	ha.'a.Zi.nu	give ear	H238 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
לָכֶ֖ם	la.Khem	[belongs] to you
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט	ha.mish.Pat	the judgment	H4941 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
פַח֙	fach	a trap	H6341 →
הֱיִיתֶ֣ם	he.yi.Tem	you have been	H1961 →
לְמִצְפָּ֔ה	le.mitz.Pah	to Mizpah	H4709 →
וְרֶ֖שֶׁת	ve.Re.shet	and a net	H7568 →
פְּרוּשָׂ֥ה	pe.ru.Sah	spread out	H6566 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
תָּבֽוֹר׃	ta.Vor	Tabor	H8396 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
leads to
- Psalms 12:1
  Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Psalms 14:1–3
  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Isaiah 57:1
  The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Isaiah 59:7
  Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Jeremiah 5:26
  For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Through
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
leads to
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Psalms 58:1–2
  Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Through
Hosea 9:8
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
leads to
- Ezekiel 3:17
  “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Hosea