Hosea 7:8
Ephraim mixeth himself indeed among the nations: Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Elijah approached unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between the two opinions? if the Lord be the God, follow him; and if Ba'al—follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Ezra 9:12And now your daughters shall ye not give unto their sons, and their daughters shall ye not take for your sons, and ye shall not seek their peace and their welfare unto eternity: in order that ye may be strong, and eat the best of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children unto eternity.
Psalms 106:35But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings.
Hosea 5:7Against the Lord have they dealt treacherously; for strange children have they begotten: now shall one month devour them together with their possessions.
Hosea 8:2To me will they then cry, My God, we, Israel, know thee.
Zephaniah 1:5And those that bow themselves down on the roofs of houses to the host of heaven; and those that bow themselves down that are sworn [to be true] to the Lord and still swear by Malkom;
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 →