Hosea 4:16-18
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16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17 (A)Ephraim is joined to idols;
(B)leave him alone.
18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
(C)their rulers[a] dearly love shame.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields
Hosea 5:3
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3 (A)I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5:9
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9 Ephraim shall become a desolation
in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
I make known what is sure.
Hosea 5:11-13
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11 Ephraim is (A)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after filth.[a]
12 But I am (B)like a moth to Ephraim,
and (C)like dry rot to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah (D)his wound,
then Ephraim went (E)to Assyria,
and sent to the great king.[b]
(F)But he is not able to cure you
or heal (G)your wound.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts
- Hosea 5:13 Or to King Jareb
Hosea 7:8
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8 Ephraim (A)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hosea 7:9
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9 (A)Strangers devour his strength,
and (B)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (C)he knows it not.
Hosea 9:8
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8 The prophet is (A)the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet (B)a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
Hosea 9:11
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Hosea 9:13
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13 Ephraim, (A)as I have seen, was like a young palm[a] planted in a meadow;
but (B)Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:13 Or like Tyre
- Hosea 9:13 Hebrew to him who slaughters
Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim is stricken;
(A)their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even (B)though they give birth,
(C)I will put their beloved children to death.
Hosea 10:6
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6 (A)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to (B)the great king.[a]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed (C)of his idol.[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
- Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
Hosea 10:11
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11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that (A)loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put (B)Ephraim to the yoke;
(C)Judah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
Hosea 11:3
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3 Yet it was (A)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that (B)I healed them.
Hosea 11:8
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8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
Hosea 11:9
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9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(A)for I am God and not a man,
(B)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
Hosea 12:8
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8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (A)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (B)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Hosea 12:14
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14 (A)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (B)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(C)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
Hosea 13:1
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The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
(A)he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt (B)through Baal and died.
Hosea 13:12
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Hosea 14:8
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8 O (A)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[a]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(B)from me comes your fruit.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him
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