C.
The sins of Israel in forsaking Jehovah
7:1-16
Hosea 7
:1
7:1
When I would
aheal Israel,
Then the
1iniquity 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
7:2
And they do not say in their hearts
That I
aremember all their evil.
Now their doings are all around them;
They are before My
bface.
Hosea 7
:3
7:3
They make the king glad with their evil,
And the princes, with their lies.
Hosea 7
:4
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
aleavened.
Hosea 7
:5
7:5
On the
feast day of our king
The princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with scorners.
Hosea 7
:6
7:6
For they have made their heart ready
Like an oven while they lie in wait:
All night long
Their baker sleeps,
But in the morning
1the oven burns
Like a flaming fire.
Hosea 7
:7
7:7
All of them are hot like an oven,
And they devour their
1judges;
All their kings fall;
There is no one among them who
acalls on Me.
Hosea 7
:8
7:8
Ephraim — among the peoples
He mixes himself;
Ephraim is a cake
1Not turned.
Hosea 7
:9
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
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
7:11
And Ephraim has become like a silly dove
Without
1understanding:
They call to
aEgypt;
They go to Assyria.
Hosea 7
:12
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
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
7:14
And they did not cry unto Me in their heart
When they howled in their beds.
For grain and new wine they assemble themselves;
They rebel against Me.
Hosea 7
:15
7:15
Though I trained
them and strengthened their arms,
They devise evil against Me.
Hosea 7
:16
7:16
They return,
but not to
Him who is on high;
They are like a
1deceitful bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the rage of their tongue.
This will be their derision
In the land of
aEgypt.
