Hosea 7:11

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

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  • 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 12:1 : 1 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.
  • Hos 11:11 : 11 They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria. I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.
  • Hos 9:3 : 3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
  • Hos 8:8-9 : 8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations like something worthless. 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'
  • 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 17:3-4 : 3 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 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.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.
  • Prov 15:32 : 32 Those who ignore discipline despise themselves, but those who heed correction gain understanding.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?
  • Isa 30:1-6 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin. 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation. 4 Though their officials are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived at Hanes, 5 all will be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, bringing neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace. 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.
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe 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. 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness. 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.
  • Jer 2:18 : 18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river?
  • Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
  • Ezek 23:4-8 : 4 Their names were Oholah, the elder, and Oholibah, her sister. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Their names represent Samaria as Oholah, and Jerusalem as Oholibah. 5 Oholah was unfaithful to me and lusted after her lovers—the Assyrians, who were near. 6 They were clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them young and desirable men, skilled horsemen riding on horses. 7 She gave herself to them, all the elite of the Assyrians, and defiled herself with all the idols she lusted after. 8 She did not abandon the adulteries she began in Egypt, where men slept with her in her youth, fondling her virgin breasts and pouring out their lust upon her.

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  • Hos 8:8-11
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    8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations like something worthless.

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

    10 Even 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.

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

  • Hos 7:8-10
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    8 Ephraim mixes himself among the nations; Ephraim is like a flatbread not turned over.

    9 Foreigners consume his strength, yet he does not realize it. Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, but he does not notice.

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

  • Hos 7:12-13
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    12 As they go, I will spread my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them as their assembly has heard.

    13 Woe to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them, but they speak lies about me.

  • Hos 12:1
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    1 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.

  • Hos 11:11
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    11 They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria. I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

  • Hos 10:6
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    6 It 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.

  • Isa 30:2
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    2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt.

  • Hos 4:16-17
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    16 For Israel is as stubborn as a rebellious heifer. Now the LORD will pasture them like a lamb in an open field.

    17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

  • Hos 11:2-5
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    2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.

    3 I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

    4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I was to them like one who lifts the yoke from their necks, and I bent down to feed them.

    5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to Me.

  • Hos 5:11-14
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    11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.

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

    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.

    14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.

  • Hos 9:11
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    11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird—no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

  • Hos 9:3
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    3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

  • Hos 5:3-6
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    3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel is defiled.

    4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

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

    6 With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

  • Isa 31:1
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    1 Woe 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.

  • Hos 11:7
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    7 My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.

  • Isa 7:17-18
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    17 The 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.

    18 On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies at the farthest streams of Egypt and for the bees in the land of Assyria.

  • Hos 7:16
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    16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Isa 52:4
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    4 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Long ago my people went down to Egypt to live there as foreigners, and Assyria oppressed them for no reason.

  • Jer 2:36
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    36 Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.

  • Isa 30:7
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    7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'

  • Hos 5:9
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    9 Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known what is certain.

  • Hos 7:1
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    1 Whenever 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.

  • Hos 12:14
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    14 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet, he was preserved.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28 For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

  • Hos 9:17
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    17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; they will become wanderers among the nations.

  • Isa 20:4
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    4 'so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush—young and old—naked and barefoot, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame to Egypt.'

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Hos 10:11
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    11 Ephraim 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.

  • Ezek 23:9
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    9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after.

  • Ps 78:9
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    9 The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle.

  • Isa 18:1
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    1 Woe to the land of whirring wings, which lies beyond the rivers of Cush!

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
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    7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.