Hos 5:3 | NETfull | STEP | I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.

Hosea 5:3

3 I know Ephraim all too well; ^{▼▼ The phrase “all too well” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.}
the evil of ^{▼▼ 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.”} Israel is not hidden from me.
For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;
Israel has defiled itself. ^{▼▼ Or “Israel has become corrupt”; NCV “has made itself unclean”; TEV “are unfit to worship me.”}