Hosea 7:8

Ephraim – he lets himself be mixed among the peoples, Ephraim – he has become a cake unturned.

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

In Context

7All of them glow like an oven, they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen. There is none among them who calls to me.

9Strangers have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. His hair is sprinkled with grey, but he does not notice.

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Cross References

Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.

Hosea 5:7for they have been untrue to the Lord, their children are strangers. Their new moon festivals will soon destroy them and their fields.

Hosea 8:2To me they continually cry, “My God, we Israel, we know you!”

Zephaniah 1:5and those who worship on the housetops to the stars in the sky, and those worshippers of the Lord who also pay homage to 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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