Hosea 5:7

They have committed treason ¹  against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon ²  the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.

Ne 13:23,24; Ps 144:7,11; Isa 48:8; Isa 59:13; Jer 3:20; Jer 5:11; Eze 12:28; Ho 6:7; Zec 11:8; Mal 2:11-15

¹ tn Heb “dealt treacherously against” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “dealt faithlessly”; NLT “betrayed the honor of.”

² tn The particle עַתָּה (’attah) often refers to the imminent or the impending future: “very soon” (BDB 774 s.v. עַתָּה 1.b). In Hosea it normally introduces imminent judgment (Hos 2:12; 4:16; 5:7; 8:8, 13; 10:2).