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Hosea 5:12

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The Curse of the Incurable Wound

5:12I will be like a moth to Ephraim,

like wood rot34 to the house of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 The noun רָקָב (raqav, “rottenness, decay”) refers to wood rot caused by the ravages of worms ( 955 רָקָב); cf. “dry rot.” The related noun רִקָּבוֹן (riqqavon) refers to “rotten wood” (Job 41:27).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I am like a moth to Ephraim,

and like dry rot to the house of Judah.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am like a moth to Ephraim,

like rot to the people of Judah.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I am like rot to Ephraim

and like decay to the house of Judah.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool.

I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I am like a maggot to Ephraim

and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth,

And to the house of Judah as rottenness.