Hosea 6:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.”
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“In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There <FI>is<Fi> the whoredom of Ephraim--defiled is Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 6:10 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
- 1 Kings 15:30because 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.
- 2 Kings 17:7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Jeremiah 2:12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 3:6Now 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.
- Jeremiah 5:30A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
- Jeremiah 18:13Therefore 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 23:14And 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; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
- Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
- Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- Hosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
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