King James Version
Hosea 7:8 in the King James Version says “Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.”
Hosea 7:8 · KJV
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. made: or, applied
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“himself among the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he hath mixed”
H1101to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
“not turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
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