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 don't know Yahweh.

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 the peoples all of them, [even] 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 Yahweh 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

Yahweh 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.