Hosea 7:11 KJV — MannaFest

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

KJV

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ASV

And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

WEB

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

YLT

And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on-- to Asshur they have gone.

DBT

And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

About this book

Old Testament

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Hosea — A prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.

Author: Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
Date: Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom

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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 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Hosea 11:11
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
Hosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

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Their sin and punishment shall make them a laughing-stock to all about them. Note, Those that are treacherous and deceitful in their dealings with God, and passionate and outrageous in their conduct towards men, will justly be made a derision to their neighbours, for they make themselves ridiculous.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart. To be harmless as a dove, without gall, and not to hurt or injure others, is commendable; but to be sottish as a dove, without heart, that knows not how to defend herself and provide for her own safety, is a shame.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

As this prophecy was written in the reign of Hoshea, the allusion is probably to the alliance with So or Sabacho II (of which a record has been found on the clay cylindrical seals in Koyunjik), which ended in the overthrow of Hoshea and the deportation of Israel (2Ki 17:3-6).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Like a silly dove - Ephraim is now become like the dove in weakness and fear, as well as in imprudence and liableness to be deceived. Without heart - Without either discretion or courage.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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