Hosea 5 · Verse 7

Hosea 5:7

They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Hosea 5:7, King James Version

Hosea 5:7 in other translations

BSBThey have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
WEBThey are unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
ASVThey have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
YLTAgainst Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions.
DARBYThey have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
BBEThey have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
WebsterThey have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

What does Hosea 5:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. treacherously--as to the marriage covenant (Jr 3:20). strange children--alluding to "children of whoredoms" (Ho 1:2; 2:4). "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [Henderson]. Or rather, "regarded by God as strangers, not His," as being reared in idolatry. The case is desperate, when not only the existing, but also the rising, generation is reared in apostasy. a month--a very brief space of time shall elapse, and then punishment shall overtake them (Zec 11:8). The allusion seems to be to money loans, which were by the month, not as with us by the year. You cannot put it off; the time of your destruction is immediately and suddenly coming on you; just as the debtor must meet the creditor's demand at the expiration of the month. The prediction is of the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried away Reuben, Gad, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh. portions--that is, possessions. Their resources and garrisons will not avail to save them. Henderson explains from Is 57:6, "portions" as their idols; the context favors this, "the Lord" the true "portion of His people" (De 32:9), being in antithesis to "their portions," the idols.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Now shall a month devour them - In a month's time the king of Assyria shall be upon them, and oblige them to purchase their lives and liberties by a grievous tax of fifty shekels per head. This Menahem, king of Israel, gave to Pul, king of Assyria, 2Kgs 15:16-20. Instead of month, some translate the original locust. "The locusts shall devour them."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:1-7

The Divine judgments against Israel. (Hos. 5:1-7) Approaching desolations threatened. (Hos. 5:8-15) Verses 1-7 The piercing eye of God saw secret liking and disposition to sin, the love the house of Israel had to their sins, and the dominion their sins had over them. Pride makes men obstinate in other sins. And as Judah was treading in the same steps, they would fall with Israel. By dealing treacherously with the…

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Hosea 5:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehwith YahwehH3068
בָּגָ֔דוּba.Ga.duthey have dealt treacherouslyH898
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בָנִ֥יםva.NimchildrenH1121
זָרִ֖יםza.RimstrangeH2114
יָלָ֑דוּya.La.duthey have borneH3205
עַתָּ֛ה'a.TahnowH6258
יֹאכְלֵ֥םyokh.Lemit will devour themH398
חֹ֖דֶשׁCho.desha new moonH2320
אֶת\־'et-withH854
חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \סchel.kei.Hemportions theirH2506

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Cross references for Hosea 5:7

  • Hosea 6:7

    But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

  • Ezekiel 12:28

    Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.

  • Hosea 2:4

    And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

  • Psalms 144:11

    Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

  • Psalms 144:7

    Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

  • Isaiah 48:8

    Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • Jeremiah 3:20

    Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 59:13

    In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Jeremiah 5:11

    For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

  • Nehemiah 13:23-24

    In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

  • Hosea 2:11

    I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dealt.
6:7; Isa 48:8; 59:13; Jer 3:20; 5:11
begotten.
Ne 13:23,24; Ps 144:7,11; Mal 2:11-15
a month.
Eze 12:28; Zec 11:8

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Context

  • Hosea 5:6

    They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  • Hosea 5:7

    They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

  • Hosea 5:8

    Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

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Hosea 5:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Contra Jehová prevaricaron, porque hijos extraños han engendrado: ahora los devorará un mes con sus heredades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils ont agi perfidement envers l’ Éternel, car ils ont engendré des fils étrangers: maintenant, un mois les dévorera avec leurs biens.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie haben treulos gegen Jehova gehandelt, denn sie haben fremde Kinder gezeugt; nun wird sie der Neumond verzehren mit ihren Erbteilen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In Dominum prævaricati sunt, quia filios alienos genuerunt: nunc devorabit eos mensis, cum partibus suis.