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Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I know what you are like, O Ephraim. You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel. You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband; you are utterly defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, <i>and</i> Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful, Israel has defiled itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel has defiled itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the prostitute <i>and</i> have worshiped idols; Israel has defiled itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; Israel is defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel, I know all about you, and because of your unfaithfulness, I find you unacceptable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom, Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel isn't a stranger to me. Now, Ephraim, you are acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I know what Israel is like--she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou art guilty of lewdness, and Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have known Ephraim, "" And Israel has not been hid from Me, "" For now you have gone whoring, Ephraim, "" Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I knew Ephraim and Israel were not hid from me: for now thou didst commit fornication, O Ephraim; Israel was deified.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me: Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution, Israel is defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now Ephraim has committed whoredom, and Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I know Aphreim and Israel is not hidden from me, because Aphreim has now committed whoredom, and Israel is defiled<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I, even I, know Ephraim, And Israel is not hid from Me; For now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/5-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=698" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/5.htm">God's Judgment on Israel and Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know all about</a> <a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·ra·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">Ephraim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: wə·yiś·rā·’êl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">and Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3582.htm" title="3582: niḵ·ḥaḏ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To hide. A primitive root; to secrete, by act or word; hence to destroy.">hidden</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from Me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·ra·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">O Ephraim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: hiz·nê·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">you have turned to prostitution;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: niṭ·mā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">is defiled.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Jeremiah 11:18</a></span><br />And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15</a></span><br />Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. / You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm">Ezekiel 11:5</a></span><br />And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Jeremiah 16:17</a></span><br />For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12</a></span><br />I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-8.htm">Psalm 90:8</a></span><br />You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm">Jeremiah 23:24</a></span><br />“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Ezekiel 8:12</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-26.htm">Matthew 10:26</a></span><br />So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-2.htm">Luke 12:2-3</a></span><br />There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. / What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></span><br />Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-24.htm">John 2:24-25</a></span><br />But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. / He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a></span><br />Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled.</p><p class="hdg">know.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></b></br> You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></b></br> Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things <i>are</i> naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/3-15.htm">Revelation 3:15</a></b></br> I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.</p><p class="hdg">Ephraim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Hosea 5:9,11,13</a></b></br> Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">Hosea 6:4</a></b></br> O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness <i>is</i> as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Hosea 8:11</a></b></br> Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.</p><p class="hdg">thou.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17,18</a></b></br> Ephraim <i>is</i> joined to idols: let him alone… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26-33</a></b></br> And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-14.htm">1 Kings 14:14-16</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Committest</a> <a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-26.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/daniel/12-9.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/daniel/8-11.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Played</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/daniel/12-9.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Whoredom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/james/2-11.htm">Committest</a> <a href="/micah/2-10.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Played</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Whoredom</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I know all about Ephraim</b><br>This phrase indicates God's intimate knowledge of Ephraim, representing the northern kingdom of Israel. Ephraim was the largest and most influential tribe, often used to denote the entire northern kingdom. God's omniscience is emphasized here, as He is fully aware of their actions and intentions. This echoes <a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>, where God's knowledge of human thoughts and actions is described in detail.<p><b>and Israel is not hidden from Me.</b><br>The phrase underscores God's ability to see beyond outward appearances and into the true state of Israel's heart. Despite any attempts to conceal their sins, nothing is hidden from God. This is consistent with <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a>, which states that everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of God.<p><b>For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution;</b><br>Ephraim's turning to prostitution is a metaphor for idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. The imagery of prostitution is frequently used in the prophetic books to describe Israel's spiritual adultery, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-9</a>. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, akin to a marriage, where idolatry is equated with infidelity.<p><b>Israel is defiled.</b><br>The defilement of Israel signifies moral and spiritual corruption. This defilement results from their idolatrous practices and abandonment of God's laws. <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-30</a> warns against defilement through idolatry and immorality, highlighting the consequences of such actions. The defilement also foreshadows the eventual judgment and exile that Israel would face due to their persistent unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>A prominent tribe in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, often used to represent the entire Northern Kingdom. Known for its significant role in Israel's history and its eventual fall into idolatry and sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, consisting of ten tribes, distinct from the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Known for its repeated disobedience and idolatry, leading to its eventual exile.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prostitution.htm">Prostitution (Spiritual)</a></b><br>A metaphor used by the prophets to describe Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry and alliances with foreign nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God knows the hearts and actions of His people. Nothing is hidden from Him, and He is aware of both our faithfulness and our failings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_unfaithfulness.htm">Spiritual Unfaithfulness</a></b><br>Just as Israel turned to idolatry, believers today must guard against spiritual unfaithfulness, which can manifest as prioritizing anything above God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The message of Hosea is a call to return to God. Repentance is essential for restoration and healing in our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Israel's defilement serves as a warning of the consequences of persistent sin. It reminds us that sin leads to separation from God and eventual judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_holiness.htm">God's Desire for Holiness</a></b><br>God desires His people to be holy and set apart. Our lives should reflect His character and values, avoiding the spiritual defilement that comes from sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_israel's_other_names.htm">What are the different names for Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_prostitution.htm">What is the Bible's stance on prostitution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_joseph_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Joseph?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_15_show_god's_love.htm">In Hosea 9:15, how do we reconcile an 'all-loving' God with the statement that God hates His people in Gilgal?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me.</span> All attempts at concealment are vain, though sinners try ever so much to hide their sins from the Divine Majesty. However deep they dig downward, God will bring their evil doings up and out to the light of day and punish them. <span class="cmt_word">For now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.</span> Israel is the northern kingdom, and Ephraim, being the most powerful tribe, is often identified with Israel; here, however, they are distinguished - Israel is the kingdom as a whole, and Ephraim is its leading tribe. This powerful tribe, ever envious of Judah, was the ringleader in the calf worship of Jeroboam and other idolatries; and through Ephraim's evil influence the other tribes, and so all Israel, were defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/5-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֣עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ephraim,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hidden</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְחַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·ḥaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3582.htm">Strong's 3582: </a> </span><span class="str2">To secrete, by act, word, to destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֑נִּי</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">now,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Ephraim,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have turned to prostitution;</span><br /><span class="heb">הִזְנֵ֣יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(hiz·nê·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is defiled.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִטְמָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(niṭ·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim and Israel is not (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/5-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 5:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 5:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/5-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 5:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 5:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>