Hosea 7:1
When I was willing to heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the malice of Samaria, for they had been manufacturing lies. And the thief steals from inside, the robber from outside.
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Isaiah 59:12For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
Isaiah 59:14And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
Jeremiah 51:9“We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
Ezekiel 23:4Now their names were Oholah, the elder, and Oholibah, her younger sister. And I held them, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
Hosea 4:17Ephraim participates in idolatry, so send him away.
Hosea 6:4What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:1
In this chapter we have, I. A general charge drawn up against Israel for those high crimes and misdemeanors by which they had obstructed the course of God's favours to them, ver. 1, 2 . II. A particular accusation, 1. Of the court—the king, princes, and judges, ver. 3-7 . 2. Of the country. Ephraim is here charged with conforming to the nations ( ver. 8 ), senselessness and stupidity under the judgments of God ( ver. 9-11 ), ingratitude to God for his mercies ( ver. 13 ), incorrigibleness under his judgments (… Read the whole commentary →