Hosea 4:5
“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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Hosea 4:5 Context
3Therefore shall the land mourne, and euery one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beastes of the field, and with the foules of heauen, yea the fishes of the Sea also shall be taken away. 4Yet let no man striue, nor reproue another: for this people are as they that striue with the priest. 5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 6¶ My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast reiected knowledge, I will also reiect thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I wil also forget thy children. 7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therfore wil I change their glory into shame.
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Other Translations for Hosea 4:5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
- King James Version
So you will stumble by day, And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; And I will destroy your mother.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You will not be able to keep on your feet by day, and by night the prophet will be falling down with you, and I will give your mother to destruction.
- Basic English Bible
And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
- Darby Bible
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
- Webster's Bible
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
- World English Bible
And thou hast stumbled in the day, And stumbled hath also a prophet with thee in the night, And I have cut off thy mother.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hosea 4:5
4:5 Therefore - The prophet turns his speech to the people, thou O Israel; he speaks to them as to one person. Fall - Stumble, and fall, and be broken. This day - Very suddenly; your fall shall be no longer delayed. The prophet - Prophesied lies. In the night - In the darkest calamities. Thy mother - Both the state, or kingdom; and the synagogues, or churches: the publick is as a mother to private persons, so all shall be destroyed.