“Ephraim is oppressed,he is crushed in judgment,because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.”
Hosea 5:11 (WEB)
Context Reading
9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be. 10The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.I will pour out my wrath on them like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed,he is crushed in judgment,because he is intent in his pursuit of idols. 12Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,and to the house of Judah like rottenness. 13“When Ephraim saw his sickness,and Judah his wound,then Ephraim went to Assyria,and sent to King Jareb:but he is not able to heal you,neither will he cure you of your wound.