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Hos. 7:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: theys call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

2 Kings 15:9• ⁹And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (2 Kings 15:9)

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2 Kings 17:3‑4• ³Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.
⁴But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as he had done from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. (2 Kings 17:3‑4)

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a silly.

Hos. 11:11• ¹¹they shall hasten as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will cause them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah. (Hos. 11:11)

without.

Hos. 4:11• ¹¹Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)

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Prov. 6:32• ³²Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)

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Prov. 15:32• ³²He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense. (Prov. 15:32)

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Prov. 15• (Prov. 15)

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Prov. 17:16• ¹⁶To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? (Prov. 17:16)

they call.

Hos. 5:13• ¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore. (Hos. 5:13)

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Hos. 8:8‑9• ⁸Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
⁹For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. (Hos. 8:8‑9)

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Hos. 9:3• ³They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean. (Hos. 9:3)

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Hos. 12:1• ¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)

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Hos. 14:3• ³Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. (Hos. 14:3)

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2 Kings 15:19• ¹⁹Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand. (2 Kings 15:19)

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Isa. 30:1‑6• ¹Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;
²who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth,--to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!
³For to you the protection of Pharaoh shall be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion.
⁴For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
⁵They were all ashamed of a people that did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
⁶--The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to the people that shall not profit them. (Isa. 30:1‑6)

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Isa. 31:1‑3• ¹Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
²But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity.
³And the Egyptians are men, and not *God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together. (Isa. 31:1‑3)

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Jer. 2:18,36• ¹⁸And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
³⁶Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria. (Jer. 2:18,36)

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Ezek. 23:4‑8• ⁴And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
⁵And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians her neighbours,
⁶clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
⁷And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.
⁸Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her. (Ezek. 23:4‑8)

• That is, they look anywhere and everywhere rather than to God. (“Hosea 7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understandingd: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

JND Translation Notes

Lit "heart," 1 Kings 3.12.