Hosea 7:8
As for Ephraim! with the peoples, hath he been mingling himself,—Ephraim, is a cake not turned.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 drew near unto all the people, and said—How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word.
Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, your daughters, do not ye give to their sons, and, their daughters, do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age-abiding,—to the end ye may become strong, and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess it, unto times age-abiding.
Psalms 106:35But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;
Hosea 5:7With Yahweh, have they dealt treacherously, for, to alien children, have they given birth,—now, a new moon, shall devour them, with their portions.
Hosea 8:2Unto me, shall they make outcry, My God! we acknowledge thee—[we], Israel!
Zephaniah 1:5And them who bow down upon the housetops to the host of the heavens,—and them who bow down—who swear to Yahweh, and 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 →