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Hosea 7:8

Ephraim
Sin

6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

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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.

Compare

BSB
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
KJV
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
WEB
Ephraim mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
ASV
Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
DARBY
Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
BLB
Ephraim, he has mixed himself with the nations; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
ÅB
Efra'im blander seg med folkene; Efra'im er blitt en kake som ikke er vendt.
OTB
Efraim blander seg med folkene;
Efraim har blitt en usnudd kake.
B1930
Efra'im blander sig med folkene; Efra'im er blitt en kake som ikke er vendt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 106:35

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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  • Ezra 9:12

    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.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23–25

    In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

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  • Ezra 9:1

    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.

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  • Malachi 2:11

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 18:21

    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.

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  • Matthew 6:24

    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.

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  • Zephaniah 1:5

    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;

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