Hosea 9: Exile for Unfaithful Ephraim

Hosea warns Israel not to celebrate its harvests, since unfaithfulness to God will cost them the land, their worship, and their food, with exile to Assyria and graves in Egypt. The people mock the prophet, sink as low as Gibeah and their fathers at Baal-peor, and face the loss of their children and a life of wandering.

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To what earlier time does 9:9 compare Israel's deep corruption?

The building of the tower at Babel long beforeThe wickedness before the flood in Noah's eraThe outrage at Gibeah in the era of the judgesThe revolt of Korah against Moses in the desert