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Hosea 7:8

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Israel Lacks Discernment and Refuses to Repent

7:8Ephraim has mixed itself like flour9 among the nations;

Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.10

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Footnotes

  1. 9 The words “like flour” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied by the imagery.
  2. 10 Heb “a cake of bread not turned.” This metaphor compares Ephraim to a ruined cake of bread that was not turned over in time to avoid being scorched and burned (see 728 עֻגָה). Cf. “as worthless as a half-baked cake.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;

Ephraim is a cake not turned.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Ephraim mixes with the nations;

Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.

Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,

making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ephraim mixes himself

with the nations;

Ephraim is a bread cake

not turned over.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people;

Ephraim is a cake not turned.