Hosea 7:8

Ephraim has mixed itself like flour ¹  among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side. ² 

"Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat cake not turned over.

Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

"My people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, picking up their evil ways. Now they have become as worthless as a half–baked cake!

"Ephraim mingles with the pagans, dissipating himself. Ephraim is half-baked.

Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

"Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.

Ephraim has mixed itself like flour ¹  among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side. ² 

¹ tn The words “like flour” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied by the imagery.

² tn Heb “a cake of bread not turned.” This metaphor compares Ephraim to a ruined cake of bread that was not turned over in time to avoid being scorched and burned (see BDB 728 s.v. עֻגָה). Cf. NLT “as worthless as a half-baked cake.”