Hosea 7:8

“Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.”

"Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned." - Hosea 7:8
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What does Hosea 7:8 mean?

Hosea 7:8 (KJV) states, "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned." This verse comes from the book of Hosea, which is one of the twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. Hosea was a prophet who lived during the 8th century BC and he was…

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The minor prophet Hosea presents a poignant metaphor in Hosea 7:8, where he writes, "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned." This verse serves as a reflection of the spiritual state of Israel, personified here as Ephraim, a significant…

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Hosea 7:8 - "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
Hosea 8:7 - "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up."
Hosea 8:8 - "Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."
Hosea 7:3 - "They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 10:7 - "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water."
Hosea 7:7 - "They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me."
Hosea 8:3 - "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."
Hosea 13:7 - "Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:"
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 1:8 - "¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son."
Hosea 8:2 - "Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee."
Hosea 7:11 - "¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria."
Hosea 8:11 - "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."
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 8:9 - "For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 8:12 - "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Hosea 7:15 - "Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me."
Hosea 9:8 - "The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up." - Hosea 8:7
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."
"Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure." - Hosea 8:8
Hosea 5:8 - "Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin."
"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies." - Hosea 7:3
Hosea 5:7 - "They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."
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."
"Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." - Hosea 6:8