Hos 7:8 | NET2full | STEP | Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations ; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side .

‏ Hosea 7:8

8 Ephraim has mixed itself like flour ^{▼▼tn The words “like flour” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied by the imagery.} among the nations;
Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side. ^{▼▼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.”}