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Hosea 7

Hos. 7:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
also is like a silly
pathah (Hebrew #6601)
to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude
KJV usage: allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
Pronounce: paw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
dove
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
without heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
: theys call
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
to Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, they go
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
to Assyria
'Ashshuwr (Hebrew #804)
apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV usage: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See 838.
Pronounce: ash-shoor'
Origin: or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}
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2 Kings 15:9• 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 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 gave him presents.
 4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. (2 Kings 17:3‑4)

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Assyria,
Dove,
Egypt,
Ephraim,
Heart

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a silly.
Hos. 11:11• 11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord. (Hos. 11:11)
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Hos. 4:11• 11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)
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Prov. 6:32• 32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh 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 understanding. (Prov. 15:32)
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Prov. 15•  (Prov. 15)
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Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? (Prov. 17:16)
they call.
Hos. 5:13• 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. (Hos. 5:13)
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Hos. 8:8‑9• 8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
 9For they are gone up to Assyria, 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 the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. (Hos. 9:3)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
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Hos. 14:3• 3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. (Hos. 14:3)
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2 Kings 15:19• 19And Pul 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 confirm the kingdom in his hand. (2 Kings 15:19)
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2 Kings 17:3‑4• 3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
 4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. (2 Kings 17:3‑4)
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Isa. 30:1‑6• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
 2That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
 3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
 4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
 5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
 6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a 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 stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
 2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
 3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. (Isa. 31:1‑3)
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Jer. 2:18,36• 18And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
 36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. (Jer. 2:18,36)
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Ezek. 23:4‑8• 4And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
 5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
 6Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
 7Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
 8Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom 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

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit "heart," 1 Kings 3.12.