Ephraim

All 32 verses in Hosea, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Hosea

• Hosea 4:17

  Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

• Hosea 5:3

  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 5:5

  Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

• Hosea 5:9

  Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

• Hosea 5:11

  Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

• Hosea 5:12

  So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

• Hosea 5:13

  When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

• Hosea 5:14

  For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

• Hosea 6:4

  What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

• Hosea 6:10

  In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

• Hosea 7:1

  When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

• Hosea 7:8

  Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

• Hosea 7:11

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

• Hosea 8:9

  For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

• Hosea 8:11

  Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

• Hosea 9:3

  They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

• Hosea 9:8

  The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

• Hosea 9:11

  Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

• Hosea 9:13

  I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

• Hosea 9:16

  Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

• Hosea 10:6

  Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

• Hosea 10:11

  Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

• Hosea 11:3

  It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

• Hosea 11:8

  How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

• Hosea 11:9

  I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.

• Hosea 11:12

  Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

• Hosea 12:1

  Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

• Hosea 12:8

  And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

• Hosea 12:14

  Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

• Hosea 13:1

  When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

• Hosea 13:12

  The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

• Hosea 14:8

  O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.