Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will y’all waver between the two sides? If YHWH is God, y’all must follow him. But if Baal, then y’all follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
Hosea 7:8 - Y'all Version Bible Ephraim mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over. 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. |
Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will y’all waver between the two sides? If YHWH is God, y’all must follow him. But if Baal, then y’all follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Now therefore y’all must not give y’all’s daughters to their sons, and y’all must take their daughters for y’all’s sons. And y’all must not seek their peace or their prosperity forever, so that y’all may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to y’all’s children forever.’
“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb. But he is not able to heal y’all, or cure y’all’s wound.
They are unfaithful to YHWH; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.
They won’t dwell in YHWH’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by YHWH and also swear by Malcam,
Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable things has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has profaned the sanctuary YHWH loves by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
“No one can serve two masters, for a person will hate the one and love the other, or else be devoted to one and despise the other. Y’all can’t serve both God and Mammon.