Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled. To know Ephraim is to know all his shifts, evasions, and cunning devices, all his plots, pretences, and base ends. 1. God's eye is upon the secrets of men's hearts. 2. God's eye upon our hearts and ways is a special means to humble us. 3. God will deal with men according to their present ways. 4. Defiled worship exceedingly defiles the souls of people. 5. A morally and religiously defiled nation is near to ruin. (Jeremiah Burroughs.) Parallel Verses KJV: I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. |
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