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Hosea 7:11

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand he has becomeH1961 →
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
כְּיוֹנָ֥הke.yo.Nahlike a doveH3123 →
פוֹתָ֖הfo.TahsillyH6601 →
אֵ֣ין'einthere notH369 →
לֵ֑בLev[is] heartH3820 →
מִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
קָרָ֖אוּka.Ra.'uthey have calledH7121 →
אַשּׁ֥וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
הָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuthey have goneH1980 →

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Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.Jeremiah 2:18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?Hosea 11:11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.Job 12:24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.Lamentations 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.2 Kings 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Isaiah 30:1–6“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

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