“I know Ephraim,and Israel is not hidden from me;for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.Israel is defiled.”
Hosea 5:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1“Listen to this, you priests!Listen, house of Israel,and give ear, house of the king!For the judgment is against you;for you have been a snare at Mizpah,and a net spread on Tabor. 2The rebels are deep in slaughter,but I discipline all of them. 3I know Ephraim,and Israel is not hidden from me;for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.Israel is defiled. 4Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God,for the spirit of prostitution is within them,and they don’t know Yahweh. 5The pride of Israel testifies to his face.Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.Judah also will stumble with them.