Hosea 7:8
Ephraim himself has been mingled with the nations. Ephraim has become like bread, baked under ashes, that has not been turned over.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: “How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him.” And the people did not respond a word to him.
Ezra 9:12Now therefore, you should not give your daughters to their sons, nor should you receive their daughters for your sons. And you should not seek their peace, nor their prosperity, even forever. So shall you be strengthened, and so shall you eat the good things of the land, and have your sons as your heirs, even for all time.
Psalms 106:35He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
Hosea 5:7They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.
Hosea 8:2They will call on me: “O my God, we, Israel, know you.”
Zephaniah 1:5and those who adore the military campaign over the ceiling of the sky, both those who adore and swear by the Lord, and those who swear by Melchom,
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 →