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Hosea 5:3

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I know Ephraim very well, and Israel cannot hide from me, for now Ephraim is a prostitute and Israel is defiled.

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For before the boy knows to refuse evil and choose the good, the land of the two kings you're afraid of will be deserted.

The Lord will make you, your people, and the royal family experience a time unlike anything since the day Ephraim split from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria to attack you!”

Aram has plotted to destroy you together with Ephraim and Remaliah's son saying,

The Lord began speaking through Hosea by telling him, “Go and take a wife who is a prostitute and have children born to a prostitute, because those living in this land have committed terrible prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”

Ephraim tries to herd the wind, chasing after the east wind all day long. Their lies and violence keep on increasing. They make a treaty with Assyria, and send olive oil to Egypt.

When Ephraim spoke, they were feared, for they were the leading tribe in Israel. But when they were guilty of Baal worship, they died.

I looked after you in the wilderness; in that dry desert land it was like pasture to them

The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.

When Ephraim saw how sick they were, and Judah saw how wounded they were, Ephraim turned to the great king of Assyria for help, but he could not heal them or cure their wounds.

Ephraim will be left desolate on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is the real truth.

I have seen in the house of Israel something totally disgusting: Ephraim engages in prostitution and Israel is sexually corrupt.

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

Though Ephraim built many altars to make sin offerings, they instead became altars of sin!

I chose a special relationship with you alone out of all the families of the earth, and so I will punish you for your wrongdoing.

For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

He is as majestic as a firstborn bull; his horns are like those of a wild ox. He will use them to gore the nations, driving them to the ends of the earth. The horns represent the ten thousands of Ephraim, and the thousands of Manasseh.”

No living being is hidden from his sight; everything is exposed and visible to the one we're accountable to.

I know what you have accomplished—you're neither hot nor cold. I wish you were hot or cold!




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