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Hosea|7:1|-|When I would |a|heal Israel,Then the |1|iniquity of Ephraim is discovered
As well as the evil deeds of Samaria;For they practice falsehood.
And the thief comes inside;The band of robbers makes raids outside.
Hosea|7:2|-|And they do not say in their heartsThat I |a|remember all their evil.
Now their doings are all around them;They are before My |b|face.
Hosea|7:3|-|They make the king glad with their evil,And the princes, with their lies.
Hosea|7:4|-|All of them practice adultery;They are like an oven heated by the baker:
He ceases from stirring the fire,After kneading the dough, until it is |a|leavened.
Hosea|7:5|-|On the feast day of our kingThe princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with scorners.
Hosea|7:6|-|For they have made their heart readyLike an oven while they lie in wait:
All night longTheir baker sleeps,
But in the morning |1|the oven burnsLike a flaming fire.
Hosea|7:7|-|All of them are hot like an oven,And they devour their |1|judges;
All their kings fall;There is no one among them who |a|calls on Me.
Hosea|7:8|-|Ephraim—among the peoplesHe mixes himself;
Ephraim is a cake|1|Not turned.
Hosea|7:9|-|Strangers have devoured his strength,And he himself does not know it;
Indeed gray hairs are all over him,And he himself does not know it.
Hosea|7:10|-|And the pride of Israel testifies to his face;Yet they have not returned to Jehovah their God,
And they have not sought Him, because of all this.
Hosea|7:11|-|And Ephraim has become like a silly doveWithout |1|understanding:
They call to |a|Egypt;They go to Assyria.
Hosea|7:12|-|When they go,I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of heaven;I will chasten them according to the report given to their assembly.
Hosea|7:13|-|Woe to them! For they have wandered from Me.Devastation to them! For they have transgressed against Me.
And I would have redeemed them,But they have spoken lies against Me.
Hosea|7:14|-|And they did not cry unto Me in their heartWhen they howled in their beds.
For grain and new wine they assemble themselves;They rebel against Me.
Hosea|7:15|-|Though I trained them and strengthened their arms,They devise evil against Me.
Hosea|7:16|-|They return, but not to Him who is on high;They are like a |1|deceitful bow.
Their princes will fall by the swordBecause of the rage of their tongue.
This will be their derisionIn the land of |a|Egypt.
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