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Hosea 5:3 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Hosea 5:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 5 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.”
Hosea 5:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 5:3
Known to God: 'I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.' The emphatic אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם (ani yada'ti Ephraim): 'I, I know Ephraim'—complete divine knowledge despite human attempts to hide sin. The verb יָדַע (yada', 'know') indicates intimate, comprehensive knowledge—not mere awareness but full understanding of motives, actions, consequences. Israel's harlotry (spiritual adultery) and defilement (טָמֵא, tame'—ceremonial/moral impurity) cannot be hidden from omniscient God. This echoes Psalm 139:1-4: 'O LORD, th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 5:3
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“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
“but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
“and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just”
“Ephraim”
“there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel”
“majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them”
“and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces”
“who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.”
“they became for him altars for sinning.”