Hosea 7

1 ♥ 📝 W hen I would heal^H7495 Israel,^H3478 then is the iniquity^H5771 of Ephraim^H669 uncovered,^H1540 and the wickedness^H7451 of Samaria;^H8111 for they commit^H6466 falsehood,^H8267 and the thief^H1590 entereth in,^H935 and the troop^H1416 of robbers ravageth^H6584 without.^H2351

2 ♥ 📝 And they consider^H559 not in their hearts^H3824 that I remember^H2142 all their wickedness:^H7451 now have their own doings^H4611 beset them about;^H5437 they are before my face.^H6440

3 ♥ 📝 They make the king^H4428 glad^H8055 with their wickedness,^H7451 and the princes^H8269 with their lies.^H3585

4 ♥ 📝 They are all adulterers;^H5003 they are as an oven^H8574 heated^H1197 by the baker;^H644 he ceaseth^H7673 to stir^H5782 [the fire], from the kneading^H3888 of the dough,^H1217 until it be leavened.^H2556

5 ♥ 📝 On the day^H3117 of our king^H4428 the princes^H8269 made themselves sick^H2470 with the heat^H2534 of wine;^H3196 he stretched out^H4900 his hand^H3027 with scoffers.^H3945

6 ♥ 📝 For they have made ready^H7126 their heart^H3820 like an oven,^H8574 while they lie in wait:^H693 their baker^H644 sleepeth^H3463 all the night;^H3915 in the morning^H1242 it burneth^H1197 as a flaming^H3852 fire.^H784

7 ♥ 📝 They are all hot^H2552 as an oven,^H8574 and devour^H398 their judges;^H8199 all their kings^H4428 are fallen:^H5307 there is none among them that calleth^H7121 unto me.

8 ♥ 📝 Ephraim,^H669 he mixeth^H1101 himself among the peoples;^H5971 Ephraim^H669 is a cake^H5692 not turned.^H2015

9 ♥ 📝 Strangers^H2114 have devoured^H398 his strength,^H3581 and he knoweth^H3045 [it] not: yea, gray hairs^H7872 are here and there^H2236 upon him, and he knoweth^H3045 [it] not.

10 ♥ 📝 And the pride^H1347 of Israel^H3478 doth testify^H6030 to his face:^H6440 yet they have not returned^H7725 unto Jehovah^H3068 their God,^H430 nor sought^H1245 him, for all this.

11 ♥ 📝 And Ephraim^H669 is like a silly^H6601 dove,^H3123 without understanding:^H3820 they call^H7121 unto Egypt,^H4714 they go^H1980 to Assyria.^H804

12 ♥ 📝 When they shall go,^H3212 I will spread^H6566 my net^H7568 upon them; I will bring them down^H3381 as the birds^H5775 of the heavens;^H8064 I will chastise^H3256 them, as their congregation^H5712 hath heard.^H8088

13 ♥ 📝 Woe^H188 unto them! for they have wandered^H5074 from me; destruction^H7701 unto them! for they have trespassed^H6586 against me: though I would redeem^H6299 them, yet they have spoken^H1696 lies^H3577 against me.

14 ♥ 📝 And they have not cried^H2199 unto me with their heart,^H3820 but they howl^H3213 upon their beds:^H4904 they assemble^H1481 themselves for grain^H1715 and new wine;^H8492 they rebel^H5493 against me.

15 ♥ 📝 Though I have taught^H3256 and strengthened^H2388 their arms,^H2220 yet do they devise^H2803 mischief^H7451 against me.

16 ♥ 📝 They return,^H7725 but not to [him that is] on high;^H5920 they are like a deceitful^H7423 bow;^H7198 their princes^H8269 shall fall^H5307 by the sword^H2719 for the rage^H2195 of their tongue:^H3956 this^H2097 shall be their derision^H3933 in the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714