Hosea 12:1

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Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

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  • Jer 22:22 : 22 The wind will shepherd all your rulers, and your lovers will go into captivity. At that time you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.
  • Ezek 17:10 : 10 Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’
  • 2 Kgs 15:19 : 19 Then Pul, king of Assyria, invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his hold on the kingdom.
  • 2 Kgs 17:4-6 : 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was conspiring against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year. Therefore, the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River, and in the cities of Media.
  • Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man answer with empty words, and fill his belly with the hot east wind?
  • Isa 30:6-7 : 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them. 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'

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  • Hos 7:10-11
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    10Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, yet they do not return to the LORD their God or seek him in all this.

    11Ephraim is like a dove—easily deceived, without understanding. They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

  • Hos 5:11-13
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    11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.

    12I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.

    13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.

  • 9Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known what is certain.

  • 14But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet, he was preserved.

  • 2Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence, making a covenant with Assyria and sending oil to Egypt.

  • 8Ephraim mixes himself among the nations; Ephraim is like a flatbread not turned over.

  • Hos 12:7-8
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    7But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.

    8Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.

  • Hos 8:7-11
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    7For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.

    8Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations like something worthless.

    9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

    10Even though they make alliances among the nations, I will now gather them, and they will soon suffer under the burden of a king and officials.

    11Ephraim has built many altars for sin; they have become altars for sinning.

  • 15Even though he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind of the LORD, rising from the wilderness. His spring will dry up, his fountain will be parched. It will plunder his treasury of every precious thing.

  • 2They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt.

  • 17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

  • 6It will also be carried off to Assyria as a tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, Israel will be ashamed because of its own counsel.

  • 12The guilt of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored away.

  • Hos 9:2-3
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    2The threshing floor and the winepress will not provide for them, and the new wine will fail them.

    3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

  • 17The Lord will bring upon you, your people, and your father's house a time unlike any since Ephraim separated from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.

  • 5The pride of Israel testifies against him; Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their guilt, and Judah also will stumble with them.

  • 1Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.

  • 11Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, but I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim; Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.

  • 1Whenever I would heal Israel, the guilt of Ephraim is exposed, along with the wickedness of Samaria. They practice falsehood; thieves break in, and bandits raid outside.

  • 1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

  • 23In that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

  • 22The wind will shepherd all your rulers, and your lovers will go into captivity. At that time you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

  • 13The jealousy of Ephraim will be removed, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, and Judah will no longer harass Ephraim.

  • 11They will cross the sea of distress, striking the waves, and the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will pass away.

  • 3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel is defiled.

  • 16Ephraim is struck down; their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill their cherished offspring.

  • 1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.

  • 5'Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted your ruin, saying,'

  • 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.

  • Hos 11:5-6
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    5They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to Me.

    6A sword will whirl through their cities; it will destroy their gates and consume them because of their plans.

  • 7All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set a trap under you—there is no understanding in him.

  • 1Woe to the land of whirring wings, which lies beyond the rivers of Cush!

  • 2When it was reported to the house of David, 'Aram has allied itself with Ephraim,' the heart of Ahaz and the hearts of his people trembled, like trees of the forest shaken by the wind.

  • 6Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.

  • 11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird—no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

  • 20Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a stinging gadfly from the north is coming against her.

  • 13Ephraim, as I have seen, was like Tyre, planted in a pleasant meadow. But Ephraim will lead their children out to be slaughtered.

  • 6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of influences from the east, practice divination like the Philistines, and join hands with foreigners.