Héxīāshū 5:12

12 Wǒ shǐ Yǐfǎlián rú chóng zhù zhī wù , shǐ Yóudà jiā rú xiǔ làn zhī mù .

Héxīāshū 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 5:12

Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth
Which eats garments, penetrates into them, feeds on them privately, secretly, without any noise, and gradually and slowly consumes them; but at last utterly, that they are of no use and profit: this may signify the various things which befell the ten tribes in the reigns of Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, which secretly and gradually weakened them; and the utter consumption of them in the times of Hoshea by Shalmaneser: and to the house of Judah as rottenness;
as rottenness in the bones, ( Proverbs 12:4 ) ; which can never be got out or cured; or as a worm that eats into wood, as Jarchi interprets it; and gets into the very heart of a tree, and eats it out: thus the Lord threatens the house of Judah, or the two tribes, with a gradual, yet thorough, ruin and destruction.

Héxīāshū 5:12 In-Context

10 Yóudà de shǒulǐng rútóng nuó yí dì jiè de rén , wǒ bìjiāng fèn nù dǎo zaì tāmen shēnshang , rú shuǐ yìbān .

11 Yǐfǎlián yīn lè cóng rén de mìnglìng , jiù shòu qīyē , beì shĕnpàn yà suì .

12 Wǒ shǐ Yǐfǎlián rú chóng zhù zhī wù , shǐ Yóudà jiā rú xiǔ làn zhī mù .

13 Yǐfǎlián jiàn zìjǐ yǒu bìng , Yóudà jiàn zìjǐ yǒu shāng , tāmen jiù dǎfa rén wǎng Yàshù qù jiàn yé léi bù wáng , tā què bùnéng yīzhì nǐmen , bùnéng zhì hǎo nǐmen de shāng .

14 Wǒ bì xiàng Yǐfǎlián rú shīzi , xiàng Yóudà jiā rú shǎo zhuàng shīzi . wǒ bì sī liè ér qù , wǒ yào duó qù , wú rén dājiù .