“Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him and watched him; I am like a green fir tree. Your fruit is found from Me.” (Hosea 14:8) There is so much history in this one verse. A quick review: First, Ephraim was Joseph’s younger son who was doubly blessed by Joseph’s father, Jacob. Ephraim becomes a big tribe. At the first census, the tribe had 40,500 men. (Numbers 1:32,33) The tribe of Ephraim settled in the northern part of Israel which even

“Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard Him, and observed Him: I am like a green fir tree. From Me is...

“Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.” (Hosea 7:8) Ephraim was Joseph’s son, but Israel made...