Hosea 5:3

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“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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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 5:3 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
  2. Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  3. 1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
  4. 1 Kings 14:14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
  5. Isaiah 7:5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
  6. Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
  7. Isaiah 7:17The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
  8. Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
  9. Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
  10. Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
  11. Hosea 5:9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
  12. Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
  13. Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
  14. Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
  15. Hosea 8:11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
  16. Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
  17. Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
  18. Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
  19. Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
  20. Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
  21. Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  22. Revelation 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

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