Hosea 6:10

New English Translation

I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:8

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

1 Kings 15:30

This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel.

2 Kings 17:7

This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;

Jeremiah 18:13

Therefore, the Lord says, “Ask the people of other nations whether they have heard of anything like this. Israel should have been like a virgin. But she has done something utterly revolting!

Jeremiah 23:14

But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 3:6

When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.

Ezekiel 23:5

“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors

Ezekiel 23:7

She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired – with all their idols.

Hosea 4:11

Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

Hosea 4:12

They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.