Hosea 5:3
I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.
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2They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.
Cross References
Genesis 48:19But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
Isaiah 7:5Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,
Isaiah 7:17The Lord is about to send on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, such a time of trouble as there has not been from the days of the separating of Ephraim from Judah; even the coming of the king of Assyria.
Hosea 1:2The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.
Hosea 5:9Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8
Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →