I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.
Israel is defiled.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 5:3 in context
Hosea 5:1–6
1
“Listen to this, you priests!
Listen, house of Israel,
and give ear, house of the king!
For the judgment is against you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah,
and a net spread on Tabor.
2
The rebels are deep in slaughter,
but I discipline all of them.
3
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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 the LORD.
5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.
Judah also will stumble with them.
6
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD,
but they won’t find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.
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