Hosea 5:3
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.”Hosea 5:3
What Does Hosea 5:3 Mean?
Hosea 5:3 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 5, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Hosea 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Hosea 6:10“I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”Deuteronomy 31:21“And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.”Ezekiel 23:7“Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.”Amos 3:2“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Deuteronomy 33:17“His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”2 Samuel 19:20“For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”Hosea 1:2“The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.”Hebrews 4:13“Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”Genesis 48:19“And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”1 Kings 12:26“And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:”1 Kings 14:14“Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.”Isaiah 7:5“Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,”Isaiah 7:8“For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.”Isaiah 7:17“The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.”Ezekiel 23:5“And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,”Hosea 4:17“Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.”Hosea 5:9“Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”Hosea 5:11“Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.”Hosea 5:13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.”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.”
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