Hosea 7:8

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

9Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

Hosea 8:2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear 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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