Hosea 5:12-14

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹²I will destroy Ephraim as a moth destroys clothing.
I will destroy the nation of Judah as rot destroys wood.

¹³“When Ephraim saw that he was sick
and when Judah saw his own wounds,
Ephraim went to Assyria to ask the great king for help.^[a]
But the king couldn’t cure them or heal their wounds.
¹⁴I will be like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the nation of Judah.
I will carry ⌞them⌟ off, and no one will rescue ⌞them⌟.