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Hosea 6:10

Ephraim
Sin

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

11 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
KJV
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
WEB
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
ASV
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
DARBY
In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
BLB
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: There [is] the prostitution of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.
ÅB
I Israels hus har jeg sett grufulle ting; der driver Efra'im hor, der er Israel blitt urent.
OTB
I Israels hus har jeg sett en fryktelig ting:
Efraims utroskap er der,
Israel har gjort seg uren.
B1930
I Israels hus har jeg sett grufulle ting; der driver Efra'im hor, der er Israel blitt urent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 5:3

    I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

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  • Jeremiah 23:14

    And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

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  • Ezekiel 23:5

    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

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  • Jeremiah 3:6

    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

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  • Jeremiah 5:30–31

    A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

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  • 2 Kings 17:7

    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

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  • 1 Kings 15:30

    because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.

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  • 1 Kings 12:8

    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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