Hosea 7
Lexham English Bible
7 when I would heal Israel,
and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed,
and the wicked deeds of Samaria;
because they deal in falsehood,
the thief breaks in,[a]
and the bandit raids the outside.
2 But they did not consider[b]
that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds surround them;
they are before my face.
3 By their wickedness they make the king glad,
and the officials by their treacheries.
4 All of them commit adultery,
like a burning oven
whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire,
and from kneading the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;[c]
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 Because they are kindled[d] like an oven,
their heart burns within them;
all night their anger smolders,[e]
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour[f] their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
there is none who calls to me amongst them.
8 Ephraim mixes himself
with the nations;
Ephraim is a bread cake
not turned over.
9 Foreigners devour[g] his strength,
and he does not know it;
mold[h] is also sprinkled upon him,
and he does not know it.
10 The pride of Israel testifies against him[i]—
they do not return to Yahweh their God;
they do not seek him for all of this.[j]
11 Ephraim was like a dove,
silly, without sense;[k]
they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
12 Just as they go, I will cast my net
over them;
I will bring them down
like the birds[l] of the heavens;[m]
I will discipline them
according to a report to their assembly.[n]
13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me!
I myself would redeem them,
but they speak lies against me.
14 They do not cry out to me from their heart,
but they wail on their beds;
because of grain and new wine they lacerate[o] themselves;
they depart from me.
15 And I myself trained
and strengthened their arms;
but they plan evil against me.
16 They turn, not to the Most High,[p]
like a slack bow;
their officials will fall by the sword
because of the anger of their tongue.
This is their scorn[q]
in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 Or “comes in”
- Hosea 7:2 Literally “But they did not say to their heart”
- Hosea 7:5 This phrase refers to the effects of wine on the body
- Hosea 7:6 Hebrew “they drew near;” other ancient translations read “they are kindled”
- Hosea 7:6 Literally “sleeps”
- Hosea 7:7 Or “they eat”
- Hosea 7:9 Or “Foreigners eat”
- Hosea 7:9 Literally “grey hair,” but in this case the word refers to the “hairs of mold” on food
- Hosea 7:10 Literally “answers against his face”
- Hosea 7:10 Or “in all of this”
- Hosea 7:11 Literally “without heart”
- Hosea 7:12 Hebrew “bird”
- Hosea 7:12 Or “sky”
- Hosea 7:12 Hebrew uncertain
- Hosea 7:14 Or “gash”
- Hosea 7:16 Hebrew uncertain; the NRSV translates “to that which does not profit”; the NASB translates “but not upward”
- Hosea 7:16 The NRSV translates “So much for their babbling”
Hosea 7
American Standard Version
7 When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers [a]ravageth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes made [b]themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. 6 For they have [c]made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are [d]here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not. 10 And the [e]pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this. 11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without [f]understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, [g]as their congregation hath heard. 13 Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me. 15 Though I have [h]taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me. 16 They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 Or, maketh a raid
- Hosea 7:5 Or, him
- Hosea 7:6 Hebrew brought near.
- Hosea 7:9 Hebrew sprinkled.
- Hosea 7:10 Or, excellency
- Hosea 7:11 Hebrew heart.
- Hosea 7:12 Or, when the report cometh to their congregation
- Hosea 7:15 Or, chastened them
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