Hosea 7:1 KJV

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

Words Then and Now

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  • The manifold sins of IsraelA practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on...

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Cross References

  • Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
  • Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
  • Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
  • Jeremiah 9:2–6 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. …

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Topics

Timeline

  • Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Hosea, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Jeroboam II

Places

Bible Dictionary

  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
  • EphraimDouble fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen 41:52;...
  • SamariaA watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • When I would have healed כְּרָפְאִי kĕropʾî רָפָא Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • Israel לְיִשְׂרָאֵל lĕyiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name · with preposition
  • then the iniquity עֲוֺן ʿăwōn עָוֺן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct כִּי kî Conjunction
  • of Ephraim אֶפְרַיִם ʾeprayim אֶפְרַיִם Proper name
  • was discovered וְנִגְלָה wĕniglâ גָּלָה Verb · niphal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • and the wickedness וְרָעוֹת wĕrāʿôt רַע Noun · feminine plural construct · with and
  • of Samaria שֹׁמְרוֹן šōmĕrôn שֹׁמְרוֹן Proper name
  • for they commit פָעֲלוּ pāʿălû פָּעַל Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • falsehood שָׁקֶר šāqer שֶׁקֶר Noun · masculine singular
  • and the thief וְגַנָּב wĕgannāb גַּנָּב Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • cometh in יָבוֹא yābôʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • the troop גְּדוּד gĕdûd גְּדוּד Noun · masculine singular
  • of robbers spoileth פָּשַׁט pāšaṭ פָּשַׁט Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • without בַּחוּץ baḥûṣ חוּץ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the

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