Holy Scripture
Hosea 5:12
A church father on this verse
“"And I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah." LXX: "And I am like a tribulation to Ephraim, and like a stimulus to the house of Judah." In the Hebrew language "moth" is called "Recob" for "rot and decay"; one of which consumes clothes and the other wood: for which the LXX translated as…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Judah.
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In context
10The princes of Judah became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as water.
11Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
— Hosea 5:12 —
13And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judah his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to King Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
14Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Judah: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.