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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.

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  1. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields
Listen to Hosea 4:16-18, Hosea 5:3, Hosea 5:5, Hosea 5:9, Hosea 5:11-13, Hosea 7:8, Hosea 7:9, Hosea 9:8, Hosea 9:11, Hosea 9:13, Hosea 9:16, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 10:11
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Hosea 4:16-18
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16 The Israelites are stubborn,(A)
    like a stubborn heifer.(B)
How then can the Lord pasture them
    like lambs(C) in a meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    leave him alone!
18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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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.

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Hosea 5:3
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3 I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(A) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(B)

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Hosea 5:5
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5 (A)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
    Israel and (B)Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt;
    (C)Judah also shall stumble with them.

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  1. Hosea 5:5 Or in his presence
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Hosea 5:5
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5 Israel’s arrogance testifies(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(C)

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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.

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Hosea 5:9
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9 Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)

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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.

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  1. Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts
  2. Hosea 5:13 Or to King Jareb
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Hosea 5:11-13
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11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](A)
12 I am like a moth(B) to Ephraim,
    like rot(C) to the people of Judah.

13 “When Ephraim(D) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(E)
    and sent to the great king for help.(F)
But he is not able to cure(G) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(H)

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  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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Hosea 7:8
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8 Ephraim (A)mixes himself with the peoples;
    Ephraim is a cake not turned.

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Hosea 7:8
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8 “Ephraim mixes(A) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

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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.

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Hosea 7:9
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9 Foreigners sap his strength,(A)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.

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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.

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Hosea 9:8
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8 The prophet, along with my God,
    is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(A) await him on all his paths,
    and hostility in the house of his God.(B)

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  1. Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
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Hosea 9:11
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11 Ephraim's (A)glory shall fly away like a bird—
    (B)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

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Hosea 9:11
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11 Ephraim’s glory(A) will fly away like a bird(B)—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.(C)

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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]

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  1. Hosea 9:13 Or like Tyre
  2. Hosea 9:13 Hebrew to him who slaughters
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Hosea 9:13
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13 I have seen Ephraim,(A) like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place.(B)
But Ephraim will bring out
    their children to the slayer.”(C)

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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.

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Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim(A) is blighted,
    their root is withered,
    they yield no fruit.(B)
Even if they bear children,
    I will slay(C) their cherished offspring.”

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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]

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  1. Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
  2. Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
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Hosea 10:6
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6 It will be carried to Assyria(A)
    as tribute(B) for the great king.(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(D)
    Israel will be ashamed(E) of its foreign alliances.

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Hosea 9
Hosea 11
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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.

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Hosea 10:11
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11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke(A)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.

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