King James Version
Hosea 7:11 in the King James Version says “Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.”
Hosea 7:11 · KJV
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. here: Heb. sprinkled
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. destruction: Heb. spoil
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“also is like a silly”
H6601to open, i.e., be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way)
“without heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“they call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“to Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
“they go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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