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The Book of Hosea, Chapter 5, Verse 7

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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
King James Version
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
American Standard Version
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
New English Translation
They have committed treason against the LORD, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.
World English Bible
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11
Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12
Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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.
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].
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.
1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.