Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Cross-references
Hosea 5:13 depicts Ephraim's futile attempt to get healing from Assyria — a response to judgment following their defilement.
Hosea 5:11 shows the result: Ephraim is crushed in judgment because he pursued filth — directly linked to defilement here.
Hosea 5:9 pronounces judgment: Ephraim becomes a desolation in the day of punishment — consequence of this defilement.
Hosea 13:1 recalls Ephraim's guilt through Baal worship, which led to death—the same sin of playing the whore mentioned here.
Hosea 12:1 describes Ephraim's pursuit of wind and falsehood, echoing the same spiritual unfaithfulness and idolatry condemned here.
Hosea 6:4 laments Ephraim's fleeting love — a direct reflection of the spiritual whoredom and defilement identified here.
In Hosea 4:18, the same theme of whoredom appears — both accuse Israel of spiritual adultery and defilement.
Hosea 6:10 repeats nearly the same phrase: 'Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled' — a direct parallel within the same prophecy.
Revelation 3:15 similarly begins 'I know your works' — God's intimate knowledge of His people's spiritual state, just as He knows Ephraim's whoredom.
Hebrews 4:13 expands: nothing is hidden from God's sight; all are exposed to Him, matching Hosea's 'Israel is not hidden from me'.
Amos 3:2 echoes this: God's unique knowledge of Israel leads to punishment for their sins — same principle of divine awareness and judgment.
Ezekiel 23:5-21 uses the same metaphor of whoredom for Israel's idolatry and political alliances, echoing Hosea 5:3's accusation.
Isaiah 7:17 foretells the coming of Assyria as punishment, which corresponds to the judgment that Ephraim's defilement brings in Hosea.
Isaiah 7:9 warns Ephraim's leadership will fall without faith, complementing the charge of unfaithfulness in Hosea's accusation.
Isaiah 7:8 predicts Ephraim's shattering within 65 years, the judgment that follows the sin of whoredom described here.
Isaiah 7:5 reveals Ephraim conspiring evil against Judah, showing the same rebellious spirit that leads to defilement in Hosea.
1 Kings 14:14-16 pronounces judgment on Israel for Jeroboam's idolatry, directly corresponding to the sin Hosea 5:3 exposes.
1 Kings 12:26-33 records Jeroboam's golden calves — the historical origin of the idolatry Hosea 5:3 condemns as whoredom.
Ezekiel 23:7 specifically describes Israel defiling herself with idols and Assyrians, directly paralleling Hosea's whoredom imagery.
Deuteronomy 33:17 praises Ephraim's strength and majesty, while here Ephraim is humiliated by whoredom—opposite portrayals.
Genesis 48:20 records the blessing 'God make you as Ephraim,' but here Ephraim is defiled—a stark contrast between origin and current state.
Genesis 48:19 shows Jacob blessing Ephraim as a great people, contrasting sharply with the defiled state of Ephraim accused here.