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What does Hosea 5:8 mean?
"“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!"
— Hosea 5:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
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