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Hosea 7
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Hosea 7 . 1
1 When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:1
Hosea 7 . 2
2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:2
Hosea 7 . 3
3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:3
Hosea 7 . 4
4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:4
Hosea 7 . 5
5 The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:5
Hosea 7 . 6
6 For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:6
Hosea 7 . 7
7 All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:7
Hosea 7 . 8
8 Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:8
Hosea 7 . 9
9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.CHosea 7:1-10TOSKHosea 7:9
Hosea 7 . 10
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.CHosea 7:1-10 Hosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:10
Hosea 7 . 11
11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:11
Hosea 7 . 12
12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:12
Hosea 7 . 13
13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:13
Hosea 7 . 14
14 They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:14
Hosea 7 . 15
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:15
Hosea 7 . 16
16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.CHosea 7:10-16TOSKHosea 7:16