Jeremiah 50:7

⁷ All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Ephraim joined the idols

In Hosea 4:17, this signifies people who are in self-intelligence. (Apocalypse Explained 376[38])

'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.