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Hosea 7

Hos. 7:8 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
, he hath mixed
balal (Hebrew #1101)
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; also (denominatively from 1098) to fodder
KJV usage: anoint, confound, X fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.
Pronounce: baw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
p himself among the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; 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
is a cake
`uggah (Hebrew #5692)
an ash-cake (as round)
KJV usage: cake (upon the hearth).
Pronounce: oog-gaw'
Origin: from 5746
not turned
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 106:35• 35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. (Psa. 106:35)

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he hath.
Hos. 5:7,13• 7They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
 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. 5:7,13)
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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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Ezra 9:1,12• 1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
 12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. (Ezra 9:1,12)
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Neh. 13:23‑25• 23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
 24And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
 25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. (Neh. 13:23‑25)
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Psa. 106:35• 35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. (Psa. 106:35)
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Ezek. 23:4‑11• 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.
 9Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
 10These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
 11And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. (Ezek. 23:4‑11)
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Mal. 2:11• 11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. (Mal. 2:11)
a cake.
Hos. 8:2‑4• 2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
 3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
 4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. (Hos. 8:2‑4)
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1 Kings 18:21• 21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (1 Kings 18:21)
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Zeph. 1:5• 5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham; (Zeph. 1:5)
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Matt. 6:24• 24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24)
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Rev. 3:15‑16• 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (Rev. 3:15‑16)
• Ephraim is shown to have been mixed up among the nations to the dishonor of Jehovah. There might have been some hope, if he had judged such a self-willed slight and confusion and had repented; but he is become “a cake not turned” (vs. 8). Therefore, it is only a question of getting so burnt as to be good for nothing. (“Hosea 7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.