Hosea 5:7 meaning and explanation

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

Hosea 5:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Hosea is speaking God's indictment against Israel in the eighth century BC, and verse 7 names the heart of the charge: the people have been unfaithful to the LORD. The Hebrew word for that unfaithfulness carries the sense of treachery, a breaking of covenant.

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