Bible verse
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Hosea 5:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 5.
7 They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
9 Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
12 So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
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.
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.
15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
KJV
Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
ASV
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
ERV
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after the command.
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