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The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

Hosea 6:10

In 11 translations

BSB
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
KJV
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
WEB
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
ASV
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
LSV
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, || There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim—Israel is defiled.
YLT
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim — defiled is Israel.
DBY
In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
DRC
I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.
GNV
I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.
JPS
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
LXXE
I have seen horrible things there, even the fornication of Ephraim: Israel and Juda are defiled;

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שַׁעֲרֽיּרִיָּ֑ה; read aloud (Qere) reads שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה (“a horrible [thing]”).
  • Written (Ketiv): שַׁעֲרִירִיָּה. Read aloud (Qere): שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה (“a horrible [thing]”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שעריריה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read aloud as (qere): שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה
LXX-Br
πορνείαν τοῦ Ἐφραίμ· ἐμιάνθη Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα· ἄρχου τρυγᾷν σεαυτῷ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
  • Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to…
  • Jeremiah 5:30–31A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
  • Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
  • Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
  • 2 Kings 17:7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
  • 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
  • 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
  • Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
  • Jeremiah 2:12–13Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—…
  • Jeremiah 18:13Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
  • Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

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