Hosea 6:10 “In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices…”

Hosea 6:10

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.

American Standard Version

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.

Darby Translation

In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.

Young's Literal Translation

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim — defiled is Israel.

Bible in Basic English

In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean;

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Cross references

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

Jeremiah 23:14 Jeremiah 18:13 Jeremiah 2:12 Jeremiah 2:13 Jeremiah 5:30 Jeremiah 5:31

Jeremiah 23:14 · BSB

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me;…

Jeremiah 18:13 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.

Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 5:30 · BSB

A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

“there”

Hosea 5:3 Jeremiah 3:6 Ezekiel 23:5 Hosea 4:17 1 Kings 12:8 1 Kings 15:30

Hosea 5:3 · BSB

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

Jeremiah 3:6 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Ezekiel 23:5 · BSB

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

Hosea 4:17 · BSB

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

1 Kings 12:8 · BSB

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 15:30 · BSB

because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

11Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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