Hosea 7:8

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

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  • Ps 106:35 : 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.
  • 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 8:2-4 : 2 They cry out to me, 'My God, we know you, O Israel!' 3 Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. 4 They set up kings, but not by me; they appointed leaders, but I did not know of it. With their silver and gold, they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction.
  • 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.
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 I will also cut off those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the starry host, those who bow and swear by the Lord but also swear by Milcom.
  • Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing.
  • Ezra 9:1 : 1 When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.'
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.
  • Neh 13:23-25 : 23 Additionally, in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah. 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'
  • Ezek 23:4-9 : 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. 9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after. 10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her. 11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was even more corrupt in her lust, and her adulteries exceeded those of her sister.
  • Hos 5:7 : 7 They have been unfaithful to the Lord; they have had illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them along with their fields.

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  • Hos 7:6-7
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    6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

    7 All of them are hot like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none call on me.

  • Hos 7:9-11
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    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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven heated by the baker, who pauses from stirring the dough until it is leavened.

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

  • Hos 8:6-9
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    6 This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria.

    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.

    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.

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

  • Hos 5:11-13
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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.

  • 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.

  • Hos 11:7-8
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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.

    8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.

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

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

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

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

  • 9 The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.

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

  • Hos 9:16-17
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    16 Ephraim is struck down; their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill their cherished offspring.

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

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

  • 7 All 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.

  • Isa 44:19-20
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    19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?'

    20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'

  • 3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot.

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

  • 14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.

  • Hos 9:8-9
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    8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.

    9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

  • 8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.

  • Hos 7:1-2
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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.

    2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.

  • 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.

  • 8 Those who live in his shade will return; they will flourish like grain, blossom like the vine, and their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

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

  • 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.

  • 1 Israel 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.