Hosea 7:8
Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.
Brenton Septuagint
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 18:21And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both + 18:21 Gr. the hams, from γόνν, the knee.feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
Ezra 9:12And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall ye seek their peace or their good for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever.
Psalms 106:35He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water.
Hosea 5:7For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
Hosea 8:2They shall soon cry out to me, saying, O God, we know thee.
Zephaniah 1:5and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
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 →