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 heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside,
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 do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are before My face.
3They please the king with their evil, and the princes with their dishonesty.3With their wickedness they make the king glad, 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, Like an oven heated by the baker Who ceases to stir up the fire From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.5On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,
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 their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like 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.7All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.
8"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake. 8Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become 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 devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.
10Israel's arrogance testifies against him; but they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him in all of this.10Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
11"Ephraim is also like a silly dove, lacking sense: They call out to Egypt, and turn toward Assyria.11So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; 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 go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
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 to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak 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 do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.
15"Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me.15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil 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 turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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