"Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One."
Today I was reading Hosea 11:12. The sin of Israel here is described by God.
Ephraim represents the Northern Kingdom as it is the largest tribe belonging to the Northern Kingdom.
Israel literally means He who struggles with God. The name given to Jacob after he struggled with God.
Judah is the largest tribe in the southern kingdom and represents the Southern Kingdom of Israel.
The charge is thus that the Northern Kingdom has surrounded God with lies. Not only this, the entire nation of Israel (both northern and southern kingdoms) have treated God deceitfully. While Hosea was writing primarily against the Northern Kingdom, the Southern kingdom is also put in the charge as always where they are said to be rebelling against God.
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