Hosea 7:8

Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

In Context

7They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

9Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:21And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

Ezra 9:12So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

Psalms 106:35But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

Hosea 5:7They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

Hosea 8:2They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.

Zephaniah 1:5And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:2-8

Charge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. ( b. c. 750.) 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are… Read the whole commentary →

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