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Hosea 7:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria. "

Hosea 7:11

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9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.

10 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to the LORD their God, nor sought him, for all this.

11 “Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

12 When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

13 Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

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Hosea 8:9

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"For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself."

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Hosea 12:1

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"Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt."

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Jeremiah 31:9

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"They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn."

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Jeremiah 31:18

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"“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God."

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Isaiah 31:1

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"Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek the LORD!"

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Zechariah 10:7

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"Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the LORD."

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Hosea 7:1

"When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside."

Hosea 7:2

"They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face."

Hosea 7:3

"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."

Hosea 7:4

"They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened."

Hosea 7:5

"On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers."

Hosea 7:6

"For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire."

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