Hosea 7New King James Version
Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For(A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers[a]takes spoil outside.
2 They[b]do not consider in their hearts
That(B)I remember all their wickedness;
Now their own deeds have surrounded them;
They are before My face.
3 They make a(C)king glad with their wickedness,
And princes(D)with their lies.
4 “They(E)areall adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirringthe fireafter kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
5 In the day of our king
Princes have madehimsick,[c]inflamed with(F)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
6 They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[d]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(G)None among them calls upon Me.
8 “Ephraim(H)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
9 (I)Aliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not knowit;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not knowit.
10 And the(J)pride of Israel testifies to his face,
But(K)they do not return to theLordtheir God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
Futile Reliance on the Nations
11 “Ephraim(L)also is like a silly dove, without[e]sense—
(M)They call to Egypt,
They go to(N)Assyria.
12 Wherever they go, I will(O)spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
(P)According to what their congregation has heard.
13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though(Q)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
14 (R)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
“They[f]assemble together for grain and new(S)wine,
[g]They rebel against Me;
15 Though I disciplinedandstrengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me;
16 They return,butnot[h]to the Most High;
(T)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the(U)cursings of their tongue.
Thisshall betheir derision(V)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1plunders
- Hosea 7:2Lit.do not say to
- Hosea 7:5Lit.with the heat of
- Hosea 7:6So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg.Their anger;LXXEphraim
- Hosea 7:11Lit.heart
- Hosea 7:14So with MT, Tg.; Vg.thought upon;LXXslashed themselves for(cf.1 Kin. 18:28)
- Hosea 7:14So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omitsThey rebel against Me;Vg.They departed from Me
- Hosea 7:16Orupward
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