Hosea 7:11 meaning and explanation

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

Hosea 7:11, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks through Hosea, indicting the northern kingdom of Ephraim in the years before Assyria destroyed it. The dove here is not a symbol of peace but of a bird without sense, fluttering from one perch to another.

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