And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Hosea 7:8 - American Standard Version 2015 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples [courting the favor of first one country, then another]; Ephraim is a cake not turned. American Standard Version (1901) Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Common English Bible Ephraim mixes himself among the people; Ephraim is like flatbread that is cooked on only one side. Catholic Public Domain Version Ephraim himself has been mingled with the nations. Ephraim has become like bread, baked under ashes, that has not been turned over. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned. |
And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, {\i doing} according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
But mingled themselves with the nations,\par\tab And learned their works,
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah {\i saw} his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.\par
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth {\i it} not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth {\i it} not.
They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.