Hosea 5:1

NETBible

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! 1  Listen closely, 2  O king! 3  For judgment is about to overtake you! 4  For you were like a trap 5  to Mizpah, 6  like a net 7  spread out to catch Tabor. 8 

NIV ©

"Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, O royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

NASB ©

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you, For you have been a snare at Mizpah And a net spread out on Tabor.

NLT ©

"Hear this, you priests and all of Israel’s leaders! Listen, all you men of the royal family! These words of judgment are for you: You are doomed! For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.

MSG ©

"Listen to this, priests! Attention, people of Israel! Royal family--all ears! You're in charge of justice around here. But what have you done? Exploited people at Mizpah, ripped them off on Tabor,

BBE ©

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

NRSV ©

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor,

NKJV ©

"Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours is the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor.

KJV
Hear
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and hearken
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ye house
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of Israel
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and give ye ear
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O house
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of the king
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for judgment
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[is] toward you, because ye have been a snare
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on Mizpah
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and a net
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spread
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upon Tabor
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NASB ©
Hear
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this
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, O priests
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! Give
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heed
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, O house
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of Israel
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! Listen
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, O house
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of the king
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! For the judgment
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applies to you, For you have been
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a snare
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at Mizpah
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And a net
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spread
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out on Tabor
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.
LXXM
akousate
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V-AAD-2P
tauta
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D-APN
oi
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T-NPM
iereiv
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N-NPM
kai
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CONJ
prosecete
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V-PAD-2P
oikov
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N-NSM
israhl
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N-PRI
kai
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CONJ
o
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T-NSM
oikov
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N-NSM
tou
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T-GSM
basilewv
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N-GSM
enwtizesye
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V-PMD-2P
dioti
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CONJ
prov
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PREP
umav
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P-AP
estin
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V-PAI-3S
to
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T-ASN
krima
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N-ASN
oti
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CONJ
pagiv
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N-NSF
egenhyhte
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V-API-2P
th
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T-DSF
skopia {N-DSF} kai
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CONJ
wv
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CONJ
diktuon
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N-NSN
ektetamenon
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V-RMPNS
epi
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PREP
to
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T-ASN
itaburion {N-ASN}
NET [draft] ITL
Hear
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this
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, you priests
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! Pay attention
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, you Israelites
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! Listen closely
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, O king
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! For
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judgment
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is about to overtake you! For
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you were
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like a trap
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to Mizpah
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, like a net
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spread out
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to
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catch Tabor
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.
HEBREW
rwbt
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le
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hvwrp
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tsrw
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hpuml
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Mtyyh
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xp
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yk
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jpsmh
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Mkl
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yk
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wnyzah
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Klmh
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tybw
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larvy
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tyb
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wbysqhw
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Mynhkh
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taz
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wems (5:1)
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NETBible

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! 1  Listen closely, 2  O king! 3  For judgment is about to overtake you! 4  For you were like a trap 5  to Mizpah, 6  like a net 7  spread out to catch Tabor. 8 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “O house of Israel” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NLT “all of Israel’s leaders.”

2 tn Heb “Use the ear”; ASV “give ear.”

3 tn Heb “O house of the king” (so KJV); NIV “O royal house.”

4 tn Heb “for the judgment is to you”; or “For this accusation is against you.” Cf. NIV “This judgment is against you.”

5 sn The noun פַּח (pakh, “trap”) is used (1) literally of a bird-trap, used in similes and metaphors (Amos 3:5; Prov 7:23; Eccl 9:12), and (2) figuratively to refer to (a) calamities and plots (Job 18:9; 22:10; Pss 91:3; 119:110; 124:7; 140:6; 141:9; 142:4; Prov 22:5; Isa 24:17-18; Jer 18:22; 48:43-44; Hos 9:8) and (b) a source of calamity (Josh 23:13; Pss 11:6; 69:23; Isa 8:14; Hos 5:1; BDB 809 s.v. פַּח).

6 tn Heb “you were a trap to Mizpah.”

7 sn The noun רֶשֶׁת (reshet, “net”) is used (1) literally of a net used to catch birds (Prov 1:17) and (2) in figurative descriptions of the wicked plotting to ensnare their victims (Prov 29:5; Pss 9:16; 10:9; 25:15; 31:5; 35:7; 57:7; 140:6; Job 18:8; BDB 440 s.v. רֶשֶׁת).

8 tn Heb “and a net spread out over Tabor.”