Hosea 7:11

WEB

¹¹“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

KJV

¹¹¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

BSB

¹¹So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

FBV

¹¹Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria.

Extra References

Hosea 12:1

¹Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 5:13

¹³“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

Hosea 11:11

¹¹They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses,” says the LORD.

Hosea 4:11

¹¹Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Jeremiah 2:18

¹⁸Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Proverbs 6:32

³²He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

Hosea 9:3

³They won’t dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

Jeremiah 2:36

³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

¹Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek the LORD! ²Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity. ³Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

Proverbs 17:16

¹⁶Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?