Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hosea 5:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hosea 5:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hosea 5:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Prophet Hosea, God is saying that He knows everything about Ephraim and Israel, and they cannot hide their bad actions from Him. God is upset because they are doing wrong things and not following His ways.

Hosea 5:3: I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 16:17

States that God's eyes are upon all their ways, implying continuous oversight, while Hosea 5:3 mentions God knowing Ephraim, highlighting specific awareness but not necessarily constant observation.

Jeremiah 16:17: For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
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