Ephraim’s Iniquity
When I heal Israel, Hos 7:13Hos 6:4Mic 7:3-7Hos 4:2Jer 9:2-6Luk 13:34Luk 19:42Mat 23:37
the iniquity of Ephraim 1will be exposed,
as well as the crimes of Samaria.
For they practice deceit and thieves break in;
bandits raid in the streets.
But they fail to consider in their hearts Luk 12:2Amo 8:7Jer 14:10Jer 2:19Psa 90:81Co 4:5Heb 4:13Hos 9:9
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds are all around them;
they are before My face.
They delight the king with their evil, Rom 1:32Mic 7:3Jer 28:1-41Jn 4:51Ki 22:131Ki 22:6Amo 7:10-13Hos 4:2
and the princes with their lies.
They are all adulterers, Jer 9:2Jas 4:4Jer 5:7-8Hos 4:12Hos 4:2Hos 7:6-7
like an oven heated by a baker
who needs not stoke the fire
from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
The princes are inflamed with wine 1Pe 4:3-4Isa 28:1Dan 5:23Eph 5:18Gen 40:20Psa 1:11Ki 13:4Dan 5:1-4
on the day of our king;
so he joins hands
with those who mock him.
For they prepare their heart like an oven Mic 2:1Psa 10:8-91Sa 19:11-152Sa 13:28-29Hos 7:4Hos 7:7Pro 4:16Psa 21:9
while they lie in wait;
all night their anger smolders; 2
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven, 2Ki 15:102Ki 15:142Ki 15:252Ki 15:30Hos 7:10Hos 8:4Isa 43:22Isa 64:7
and they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls upon Me.
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Psa 106:35Ezr 9:12Neh 13:23-25Ezr 9:1Mal 2:111Ki 18:21Hos 5:13Hos 5:7
Ephraim is an unturned cake.
Foreigners consume his strength, Hos 8:7Isa 42:22-252Ki 13:222Ki 13:3-7Isa 1:7Pro 23:352Ki 15:19Isa 57:1
but he does not notice.
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not know.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, Hos 5:5Isa 9:13Amo 4:6-13Psa 53:2Hos 6:1Hos 7:7Jer 25:5-7Jer 3:3
yet they do not return to the LORD their God;
despite all this, they do not seek Him.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— Hos 12:1Hos 5:13Hos 11:11Hos 4:11Jer 2:18Hos 9:3Pro 6:322Ki 15:19
calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
As they go, I will spread My net over them; Ezk 12:13Deu 28:15-68Deu 29:22-282Ki 17:13-18Deu 31:16-29Deu 32:15-43Ecc 9:12Ezk 17:20
I will bring them down like birds of the air.
I will chastise them
when I hear them flocking together. 3
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Hos 9:12Hos 11:12Lam 5:16Mat 23:13-291Jn 1:101Pe 1:18-19Deu 15:15Ezk 16:23
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me!
Though I would redeem them,
they speak lies against Me.
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts Jas 4:3Job 35:9-10Jer 3:10Psa 78:34-37Amo 2:8Isa 29:13Mic 2:11Php 3:19
when they wail upon their beds.
They slash themselves 4for grain and new wine,
but turn away from Me.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Nam 1:9Psa 94:122Co 10:52Ki 13:232Ki 14:25-27Act 4:25Heb 12:5Jer 17:9
they plot evil against Me.
They turn, but not to the Most High; Psa 78:57Hos 9:3Ezk 23:32Psa 73:9Hos 9:6Mat 12:36Psa 12:42Pe 2:8
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
for the cursing of their tongue;
for this they will be ridiculed
in the land of Egypt.