1When 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.

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Hosea 7:13, Hosea 7:13, Hosea 6:4, Micah 7:3, Micah 7:7

2They do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

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Psalms 90:8, Luke 12:2, Psalms 90:8, Luke 12:2, Amos 8:7

3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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Romans 1:32, Micah 7:3, Romans 1:32, Micah 7:3, Jeremiah 28:1

4They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

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Jeremiah 9:2, Jeremiah 9:2, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 4:12, Hosea 7:6

5On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

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Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:1, Proverbs 13:20, Habakkuk 2:15, Habakkuk 2:16

6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

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Psalms 10:8, Psalms 10:9, Hosea 7:4, Hosea 7:7, 2 Samuel 13:28

7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

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2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:30

8Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

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Psalms 106:35, Psalms 106:35, Ezra 9:12, Nehemiah 13:23, Nehemiah 13:25

9Strangers 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.

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Hosea 8:7, Hosea 8:7, Isaiah 42:22, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 42:22

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

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Hosea 5:5, Hosea 5:5, Isaiah 9:13, Isaiah 9:13, Amos 4:6

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

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Hosea 12:1, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 4:11

12When 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.

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Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 12:13, Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:68, Deuteronomy 28:15

13Woe 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 9:12, Hosea 9:12, Hosea 11:12, Hosea 11:12, Jeremiah 14:10

14They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

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James 4:3, Job 35:9, Job 35:10, James 4:3, Job 35:9

15Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

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Nahum 1:9, Nahum 1:9, Hebrews 12:5, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 106:43

16They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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Hosea 9:3, Psalms 78:57, Hosea 9:3, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 73:9