Not at all Israel is far more appropriate and symbolic of the children of Israel
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in
Israel in
lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Genesis 46:1
And
Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and
offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 47:27
And
Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;
and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Genesis 47:29
And the time drew nigh that
Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me;
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Hosea 6:10
I have seen an horrible thing in the
house of Israel:
there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hosea 7:1
When I would have healed
Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the
wickedness of Samaria: for
they commit falsehood; and the
thief cometh in, and the troop of
robbers spoileth without.
Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Hosea 8:6
For from
Israel was it also: the workman made it;
therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Hosea 8:14
For
Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and
buildeth temples; and
Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hosea 9:1
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people:
for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame;
and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit
he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land
they have made goodly images.
Hosea 10:8
The high places also of Aven,
the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Hosea 10:9
O Israel,
thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Hosea 10:15
So shall Bethel do unto you because of
your great wickedness: in a morning
shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Hosea 12:12
And
Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and
Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Amos 2:6
Thus saith the LORD; For
three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because
they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Amos 3:14
That in the day that I shall visit the
transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel:
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation,
O house of Israel.
Amos 6:1
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the
mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the
house of Israel came!
Amos 6:14
But, behold,
I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Amos 7:8
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people
Israel:
I will not again pass by them any more:
Amos 7:9
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Amos 7:11
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos 7:17
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and
Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Micah 1:13
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the
daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between
Judah and Israel.
Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in
Israel and in Jerusalem; for
Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
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