Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim all too well; ¹  the evil of ²  Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself. ³ 

Ge 48:19,20; De 33:17; 1Ki 12:26-33; 1Ki 14:14-16; Isa 7:5,8,9,17; Eze 23:5-21; Ho 4:17,18; Ho 5:9,11,13; Ho 6:4; Ho 8:11; Ho 12:1; Ho 13:1; Am 3:2; Heb 4:13; Re 3:15

¹ tn The phrase “all too well” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.

² tn The phrase “the evil of” does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is implied by the metonymical (cause-effect) use of the term “Israel.” It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NCV “what they have done is not hidden from me.”

³ tn Or “Israel has become corrupt”; NCV “has made itself unclean”; TEV “are unfit to worship me.”