Hosea 5:3

The Priests Are A Snare

² The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them. ³ I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled. ⁴ Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

Played the Harlot

Ephraim

Israel

Amos 3:2

"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

Genesis 48:19-20

His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

Deuteronomy 33:17

The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push all of the peoples, to the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."

1 Kings 12:26-33

Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

1 Kings 14:14-16

Moreover the LORD will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is day. What? Even now.

Isaiah 7:5

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,

Isaiah 7:8-9

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;

Isaiah 7:17

The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

Ezekiel 23:5-21

"Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Hosea 4:17-18

Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone.

Hosea 5:9

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

Hosea 5:13

"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

Hosea 6:4

"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

Hosea 8:11

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.

Hosea 12:1

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.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins?you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Hebrews 4:13

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Revelation 3:15

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.