Hosea 7:11
Ephrayim also is like an easily deceived yonah without sense; 1 they call to Mitzrayim, 1 they turn to Assyria. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 15:19And Pul Melech Ashur (Assyria) came against HaAretz and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of kesef, that his yad might be with him, + 15:19 supporting Menachem to make the Mamlakhah chazakah in his yad.
2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser Melech Ashur; and Hoshea became his eved (vassal) and paid him minchah (tribute).
Proverbs 15:32He that refuseth musar despiseth his own nefesh, 1 but he that heareth tokhakhat (reproof) getteth lev. + 15:32 of understanding 1
Isaiah 30:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the banim sorerim (obstinately rebellious children), saith Hashem, 1 that take etzah, but not from Me; 1 and in their plans weave a web, but not of My Ruach, 1 that they may heap up chattat upon chattat; 1
Jeremiah 2:18And now what hast thou to do in the derech Mitzrayim, 1 to drink the waters of the Shichor ([Nile] River)? 1 Or what hast thou to do in the derech Ashur (Assyria), 1 to drink the waters of the Euphrates [River]? 1
Ezekiel 23:4And the shmot of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholivah her achot; and they were Mine, and they bore banim and banot. Thus were their shmot: Shomron is Oholah, and Yerushalayim Oholivah.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:9-16
The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. ( b. c. 750.) 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to… Read the whole commentary →