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Hosea 5:7
"They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."
"Chapter 23—The Assyrian Captivity The closing years of the ill-fated kingdom of Israel were marked with violence and bloodshed such as had never been witnessed even in the worst periods of strife and unrest under the house of Ahab. For two centuries and more the rulers of the ten tribes had been sowing the wind; now they were reaping the whirlwind. King after king was assassinated to make way for others ambitious to rule. “They have set up kings,” the Lord declared of these godless usurpers, “but not by Me: they have made princes, and I knew it not.” Hosea 8:4 . Every principle of justice was set aside; those who should have stood before the nations of earth as the depositaries of divine grace, “dealt treacherously against the Lord” and with one another. Hosea 5:7 . PK 279"
Ellen White directly references Hosea 5:7 in this passage.
Hosea 5:11
"Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment."
"Of Ephraim the prophet testified, “Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.” [The prophet Hosea often referred to Ephraim, a leader in apostasy among the tribes of Israel, as a symbol of the apostate nation.] “Israel hath cast off the thing that is good.” “Broken in judgment,” unable to discern the disastrous outcome of their evil course, the ten tribes were soon to be “wanderers among the nations.” Hosea 7:9 ; 8:3 ; Hosea 5:11 ; 9:17 . PK 280.1"
Ellen White directly references Hosea 5:11 in this passage.
Hosea 5:13
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."
"Some of the leaders in Israel felt keenly their loss of prestige and wished that this might be regained. But instead of turning away from those practices which had brought weakness to the kingdom, they continued in iniquity, flattering themselves that when occasion arose, they would attain to the political power they desired by allying themselves with the heathen. “When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian.” “Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.” “They do make a covenant with the Assyrians.” Hosea 5:13 ; 7:11 ; Hosea 12:1 . PK 280.2"
Ellen White directly references Hosea 5:13 in this passage.
"The help asked for was sent, and King Ahaz was given temporary relief, but at what a cost to Judah! The tribute offered aroused the cupidity of Assyria, and that treacherous nation soon threatened to overflow and spoil Judah. Ahaz and his unhappy subjects were now harassed by the fear of falling completely into the hands of the cruel Assyrians. PK 329.3"
Both passages highlight Judah's reliance on Assyria for help and the futility of that reliance. Hosea 5:13 speaks of Ephraim (representing the northern kingdom, but relevant to Judah's situation) turning to Assyria for healing, which mirrors Ahaz's seeking help from Assyria in the EGW passage.