Hosea 5:3-4

Hosea 5:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

Hosea 5:3-4 Expanded Bible (EXB)

3 I know all about Ephraim [Israel; 4];
   what Israel has done is not hidden from me.
Now Ephraim acts like a prostitute,
   and Israel has •made itself unclean [ defiled himself].
4 “•They will not give up their deeds
   and [or Their deeds won’t let them] return to their God.
They are determined to be unfaithful to me [L For a spirit of prostitution is within them];
   they do not know the LORD.

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3 Ephraim is the biggest part of Israel, they worshipped false gods and committed spiritual adultery by cheating on their Lord for false gods. God knew what they were doing even though to the world they may have appeared to still serve the Lord. God knows what we do even if others do not.

4 What they did prevented them from coming to the Lord, they allowed their sin to keep them from God they allowed their sin to ruin they relationship with the Lord who loved them the most. As long as we are serving other things we can not be serving the Lord.