Hosea 7:8
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Cross-reference
In Hosea 5:13, Ephraim turns to Assyria for help — the same self-reliance and foreign entanglement condemned here as 'mixing'.
In Hosea 8:2-4, the result of Ephraim's mixing is shown: they cry to God while setting up kings and idols without Him.
In Hosea 9:3, the consequence of mixing is exile — Ephraim returns to Egypt and eats unclean things in Assyria.
In Hosea 10:2, a divided heart leads to judgment — same root issue as the unturned cake.
In 1 Kings 18:21, Elijah's challenge to choose between God and Baal mirrors Ephraim's divided loyalty.
In Ezra 9:1, the post-exilic community is accused of not separating from foreign peoples — exactly the 'mixing' Hosea condemns.
In Ezra 9:12, a command against intermarriage reinforces Hosea's warning — mixing with nations leads to spiritual danger.
In Nehemiah 13:23-25, intermarriage with foreigners is confronted — the same 'mixing' that Hosea decries.
In Psalm 106:35, Israel 'mingled among the heathen' — a direct parallel to Ephraim mixing himself among the people.
In Ezekiel 23:4-11, Oholah (Samaria) plays the harlot with Assyria — the same political/spiritual mixing Hosea describes.
In Zephaniah 1:5, those who bow to the Lord and also swear by Milcom practice the same syncretism.
In Malachi 2:11, Judah marries 'the daughter of a strange god' — the intermingling with pagan cultures that Hosea condemns.
In Matthew 6:24, Jesus declares you cannot serve two masters — the same principle of divided allegiance.
In Revelation 3:15, the Laodiceans' lukewarmness parallels the half-baked cake — neither hot nor cold.
In Revelation 3:16, the consequence of lukewarmness — being spit out — echoes the uselessness of the unturned cake.
In 2 Chronicles 30:1, Hezekiah's call for unified worship contrasts with Ephraim's mixing with pagan nations.