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Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

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ASV

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

KJV

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahtheyH1992 →
עָל֣וּ'a.Luthey have gone upH5927 →
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
פֶּ֖רֶאPe.re'a wild donkeyH6501 →
בּוֹדֵ֣דbo.DedisolatedH909 →
ל֑וֹloto itself
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
הִתְנ֥וּhit.Nuthey have hiredH8566 →
אֲהָבִֽים'a.ha.VimloversH158 →

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Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.Ezekiel 16:33–34Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.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.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 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.Job 39:5–8Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Hosea 2:5–7For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’Hosea 2:10And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.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.Ezekiel 23:5–9Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriorsHosea 2:5For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”Job 24:5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?Job 39:6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.Hosea 7:1When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

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