Hosea 5:12
Strong's Lexicon
So I am
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

like a moth
כָעָ֖שׁ (ḵā·‘āš)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6211: 1) moth 2) herbage, grass

to Ephraim,
לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם (lə·’ep̄·rā·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim = 'double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful' 1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh 2) the tribe, Ephraim 3) the mountain country of Ephraim 4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah) 5) a city near Baal-hazor 6) a chief gate of Jerusalem

and like decay
וְכָרָקָ֖ב (wə·ḵā·rā·qāḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7538: 1) rottenness, decay (always fig)

to the house
לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

of Judah.
יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah = 'praised' 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I am like rot to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

King James Bible
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.

New Living Translation
I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.

English Standard Version
But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

King James Bible
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I am like rot to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah.

International Standard Version
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.

NET Bible
I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

American Standard Version
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

English Revised Version
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Young's Literal Translation
And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
















Cross References
Psalm 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:8
For 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.

Hosea 1:1
The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Hosea 5:10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Hosea 5:9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Hosea 5:13
When 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.

Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
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