Hosea 7
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1"When I was healing Israel, Ephraim's sin was uncovered, along with Samaria's wickedness. While they craft lying schemes, the thief invades, and the gang of thieves plunders outside.1When 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.
2It never occurs to them that I remember all their sin. Now their actions have caught up with them, and they have my attention. 2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
3They please the king with their evil, and the princes with their dishonesty.3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4All of them are adulterers— they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6For they have stirred up themselves like an oven as they lie in ambush. Their baker sleeps through the night; in the morning, the oven will be blazing like a fire.6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
7They all burn like an oven; they have consumed their judges; all their kings have fallen— not even one of them calls on me.7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake. 8Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9Foreigners have consumed his strength, and he hasn't noticed. Furthermore, his head is sprinkled with gray hair, but he doesn't realize it.9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10Israel's arrogance testifies against him; but they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him in all of this.10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11"Ephraim is also like a silly dove, lacking sense: They call out to Egypt, and turn toward Assyria.11Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12When they go, I'll cast my net over them. I'll bring them down, as one shoots birds in the sky. I'll chasten them, as the assembly has already heard.12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13Woe to them— because they have run away from me. Ruin to them— because they have sinned against me. Even though I redeemed them, they spread lies against me.13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14They will not cry to me from their heart— instead, they wail on their beds. They gather together to eat and drink, turning away from me.14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15"Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me.15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16They return—but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."16They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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