Hosea 6:10

“I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”

"I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled." - Hosea 6:10
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What does Hosea 6:10 mean?

"10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled." The book of Hosea in the Old Testament presents a powerful and emotional depiction of God's relationship with His people. In this verse, the prophet Hosea describes…

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A Call to Genuine Repentance: Understanding Hosea 6:10

Hosea 6:10 states, "I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled." This verse encapsulates the profound sorrow and disappointment of God regarding His people's spiritual infidelity. In the context of the cries from the…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Renewal

O Lord Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, we come before You in reverence and humility, acknowledging Your holiness and sovereignty over all creation. We dive deep into the profound truth of Hosea 6:10, where it is written, "I have seen an horrible thing in the house of…

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Hosea 6:10 - "I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled." The image should not depict explicit or offensive content but be symbolic.
Hosea 10:6 - "It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."
Hosea 6:6 - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
Hosea 10:7 - "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water."
Hosea 10:10 - "It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows."
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 8:6 - "For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."
Hosea 6:9 - "And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."
"It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel." - Hosea 10:6
Hosea 14:6 - "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
Hosea 13:6 - "According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me."
Hosea 7:10 - "And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this."
Hosea 12:10 - "I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." - Hosea 6:6
Hosea 2:10 - "And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand."
Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
Hosea 2:6 - "¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths."
Hosea 5:6 - "They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them."
Hosea 11:6 - "And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."
Hosea 6:11 - "Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people."
Hosea 8:10 - "Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes."
Hosea 10:3 - "For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?"
Hosea 10:2 - "Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images."
"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." - Hosea 6:8
Hosea 10:9 - "O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them."
Hosea 7:6 - "For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire."