Hosea 5:3 meaning and explanation
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5:3, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks through Hosea to the northern kingdom, called Ephraim after its leading tribe, and to Israel as a whole. The charge is spiritual adultery: the people have turned to Canaanite gods and to foreign alliances instead of the LORD, so the prophet calls it prostitution.
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