Hosea 7:8-16

English Standard Version

⁸ Ephraim ^(A)mixes himself with the peoples;
    Ephraim is a cake not turned.
^9 (B)Strangers devour his strength,
    and ^(C)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
    and ^(D)he knows it not.
^10 (E)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;^{[a]
    (F)}yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
    nor seek him, for all this.

¹¹ Ephraim is like a dove,
    ^(G)silly and without sense,
    calling to ^(H)Egypt, going to ^(I)Assyria.
¹² As they go, ^(J)I will spread over them my net;
    I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
    ^(K)I will discipline them ^(L)according to the report made to their congregation.
^13 (M)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
    Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
^(N)I would redeem them,
    but ^(O)they speak lies against me.

^14 (P)They do not cry to me from the heart,
    but ^(Q)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
    they rebel against me.
¹⁵ Although ^(R)I trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they devise evil against me.
¹⁶ They ^(S)return, but not upward;^[b]
    they are ^(T)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of ^(U)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^(V)in the land of Egypt.