Hosea 7:8

Translations

Modern

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

Traditional

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

Literal

Ephraim, he has mixed himself with the nations; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Latin

Ephraim in populis ipse commiscebatur; Ephraim factus est subcinericius panis, qui non reversatur.

Original

Hebrew

English

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

Notes

Hosea 7:8

Ephraim mixes with the nations: By trusting foreign nations instead of God for safety, the Israelites lost their purity and holiness, which set them apart for the Lord.
Flatbread needs turning at the right time to bake evenly on both sides. Otherwise, it burns on one side and stays raw on the other. Israel was like a half-baked cake and thus became worthless.

Hosea 7:8–12

Israel ignored the Lord in both their international and domestic decisions. Like confused and helpless doves, they moved back and forth between Assyria and Egypt, trying in vain to make treaties that would save their land. Assyria and Egypt were the major powers of their time.

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

Related verses

Psalm 106:35
…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Ezra 9:12
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Nehemiah 13:23–25
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Malachi 2:11
Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Ezra 9:1
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Zephaniah 1:5
…those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
Hosea 8:2–4
Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
Hosea 5:7
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
Hosea 5:13
When 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.

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel

Glossary

Baker Hosea, Book of

Topics

Character: Instability of Company: Evil Cooking: Ephraim, a Cake Unturned

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