Hos 7:8 | NETfull | 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

Israel Lacks Discernment and Refuses to Repent

8 Ephraim has mixed itself like flour ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ 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.”}