The rebels are deep in slaughter; But I discipline all of them.
Again, regarding  Hosea 5:2, the rendition suggested by W. R. Harper and others at the turn of this century, was finally adopted as the best and incorporated into the Revised Standard Version (RSV), as given above.  This rendition appears to be quite logical and has the advantage of carrying forward the metaphor of hunting devices such as the snare and the net mentioned in  Hosea 5:1.  If the RSV is followed here, we have a third kind of device, for taking large game, the "pit".  "This is the triple figure, borrowed from the hunter, employed to designate the entanglements into which Israel has fallen."[6]