Hosea 7:1-3

New Living Translation

Israel’s Love for Wickedness

7 “I want to heal Israel, but its^[a] sins are too great.
    Samaria is filled with liars.
Thieves are on the inside
    and bandits on the outside!
²Its people don’t realize
    that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
    and I see them all.

³“The people entertain the king with their wickedness,
and the princes laugh at their lies.

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Footnotes

7:1 Hebrew Ephraim’s, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; similarly in 7:8, 11.

Hosea 7:1-3

New International Version

7 ¹whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
    and the crimes of Samaria revealed.^(A)
They practice deceit,^(B)
    thieves break into houses,^(C)
    bandits rob in the streets;^(D)
²but they do not realize
    that I remember^(E) all their evil deeds.^(F)
Their sins engulf them;^(G)
    they are always before me.