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Hosea 7:1

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WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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  1. Hosea 7:13Rank 1 from verse 1
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    13Woe 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.

  2. Hosea 6:4Rank 2 from verse 1
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    4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

  3. Micah 7:3–7Rank 3 from verse 1
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    3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

    4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

    5¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

    6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  4. Hosea 4:2Rank 4 from verse 1
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    2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  5. Jeremiah 9:2–6Rank 5 from verse 1
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    2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

    3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

  6. Luke 13:34Rank 6 from verse 1
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    34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  7. Luke 19:42Rank 7 from verse 1
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    42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

  8. Matthew 23:37Rank 8 from verse 1
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    37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

  9. Amos 8:14Rank 9 from verse 1
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    14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

  10. Ezekiel 16:46Rank 10 from verse 1
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    46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

  11. Ezekiel 23:4Rank 11 from verse 1
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    4And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

  12. Hosea 10:5Rank 12 from verse 1
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    5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

  13. Hosea 11:12–1Rank 13 from verse 1
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  14. Hosea 4:17Rank 14 from verse 1
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    17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

  15. Hosea 5:1Rank 15 from verse 1
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    1HEAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

  16. Hosea 6:8–10Rank 16 from verse 1
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    8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

    9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

    10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  17. Hosea 8:5Rank 17 from verse 1
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    5¶ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

  18. Hosea 8:9Rank 18 from verse 1
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    9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

  19. Isaiah 28:1Rank 19 from verse 1
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    1WOE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

  20. Isaiah 59:12Rank 20 from verse 1
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    12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

  21. Jeremiah 51:9Rank 21 from verse 1
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    9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  22. Micah 6:16Rank 22 from verse 1
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    16¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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Hosea 7:1

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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discovered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of discover, meaning to uncover; to lay bare; to reveal.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

commit

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To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.

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falsehood

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What is contrary to truth: a lie, deceit, unfaithfulness, or false appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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troop

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A collection, company, number, multitude, or body of soldiers.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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spoileth

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Third-person singular present form of spoil, meaning to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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6:11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

7:1WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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7:2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

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