And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Hosea 7:8 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. |
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD 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 came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, 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 wealth 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.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.