Hosea 7

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Hosea 7

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when I heal Israel,^(A)
the sins of Ephraim^(B) and the crimes of Samaria^(C)
will be exposed.
For they practice fraud;^(D)
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.^(E)

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But they never consider that I remember all their evil.^(F)
Now their sins are all around them;^(G)
they are right in front of My face.

Israel’s Corruption

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They please the king with their evil,^(H)
the princes with their lies.^(I)

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All of them commit adultery;^(J)
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

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On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine^(K)—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.^(a)

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For they—their hearts like an oven—
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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All of them are as hot as an oven,^(L)
and they consume their rulers.^(M)
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.^(b)

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Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

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Foreigners consume his strength,^(N)
but he does not notice.^(O)
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.

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Israel’s arrogance testifies against them,^(c)^(P)
yet they do not return to Yahweh their God,^(Q)
and for all this, they do not seek Him.

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So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;^(R)
they call to Egypt,^(S) and they go to Assyria.^(T)

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As they are going, I will spread My net over them;^(U)
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches^(d) their assembly.

The Lord ’s Second Lament

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Woe to them,^(V) for they fled from Me;^(W)
destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!
Though I want to redeem them,^(X)
they speak lies against Me.

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They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves^(e)^(Y) for grain and new wine;^(Z)
they turn away from Me.

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I trained and strengthened their arms,^(AA)
but they plot evil against Me.^(AB)

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They turn, but not to what is above;^(f)
they are like a faulty bow.^(AC)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.^(AD)
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.^(AE)

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 7:5: Lit wine—he stretches out his hand to scorners; Hb obscure

b. Hosea 7:7: These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.

c. Hosea 7:10: Lit against his face

d. Hosea 7:12: Lit news to

e. Hosea 7:14: Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay

f. Hosea 7:16: Some emend to turn to what is useless

Cross references:

A. Hosea 7:1: Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 7:13; Ezekiel 11:8

B. Hosea 7:1: Hosea 5:3

C. Hosea 7:1: Hosea 8:5-6; Hosea 10:5; Hosea 10:7; Hosea 13:16

D. Hosea 7:1: Hosea 4:2

E. Hosea 7:1: Hosea 6:9

F. Hosea 7:2: Psalm 25:7; Jeremiah 14:10; Jeremiah 17:1; Amos 8:7

G. Hosea 7:2: Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 4:18

H. Hosea 7:3: Jeremiah 28:1-4

I. Hosea 7:3: Hosea 4:2; Hosea 11:12

J. Hosea 7:4: Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 23:10

K. Hosea 7:5: Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:7-8

L. Hosea 7:7: Psalm 21:9

M. Hosea 7:7: Hosea 13:10

N. Hosea 7:9: Isaiah 1:7

O. Hosea 7:9: Hosea 4:6

P. Hosea 7:10: Hosea 5:5

Q. Hosea 7:10: Hosea 5:4

R. Hosea 7:11: Hosea 4:6; Hosea 4:11; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 5:4

S. Hosea 7:11: Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 9:6

T. Hosea 7:11: Hosea 5:13; Hosea 8:9; Hosea 12:1

U. Hosea 7:12: Ezekiel 12:13

V. Hosea 7:13: Hosea 9:12

W. Hosea 7:13: Jeremiah 14:10

X. Hosea 7:13: Jeremiah 51:9; Matthew 23:37

Y. Hosea 7:14: 1 Kings 18:28

Z. Hosea 7:14: Amos 2:8

AA. Hosea 7:15: Hosea 11:3

AB. Hosea 7:15: Nahum 1:9

AC. Hosea 7:16: Psalm 78:57

AD. Hosea 7:16: Psalm 12:3-4; Psalm 17:10; Daniel 7:25; Malachi 3:13-14

AE. Hosea 7:16: Ezekiel 23:32