Hosea 7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 When I (A)would heal Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they work (B)falsehood;
The thief enters in;
(C)Raiders [a]ransack outside,
2 And they do not say to their hearts
That I (D)remember all their evil.
Now their (E)deeds are all around them;
They are before My face.
3 (F)With their evil they make the (G)king glad,
And the princes with their (H)deceptions.
4 They are (I)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the [b]day of our king, the princes (J)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with (K)scoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an (L)oven
As they draw near in their [c]plotting;
Their [d]anger [e]smolders all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they devour their (M)judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(N)None of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim (O)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
9 (P)Strangers devour his power,
Yet he (Q)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 So the (R)pride of Israel answers against him,
Yet (S)they have not returned to Yahweh their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
11 So (T)Ephraim has become like a silly dove, (U)without a heart of wisdom;
They call to (V)Egypt; they go to (W)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (X)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (Y)chastise them in accordance with the report to their congregation.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have (AA)fled from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have transgressed against Me!
And I (AB)would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
14 And (AC)they do not cry out to Me in their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they [f](AD)gather together as sojourners;
They (AE)depart from Me.
15 Although I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (AF)devise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not [g]upward;
They are like a (AG)deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the [h](AH)indignation of their tongue.
This will be their (AI)scoffing in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 Lit strip
- Hosea 7:5 A festive occasion
- Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
- Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; M.T. baker
- Hosea 7:6 Lit sleeps
- Hosea 7:14 Gr and many ancient mss gash themselves
- Hosea 7:16 Or possibly to the Most High
- Hosea 7:16 Or cursing
Hosea 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 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)
2 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
3 They please the king with their evil,(H)
the princes with their lies.(I)
4 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.
5 On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine(K)—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.[a]
6 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.
7 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]
8 Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
9 Foreigners consume his strength,(N)
but he does not notice.(O)
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 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.
11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;(R)
they call to Egypt,(S) and they go to Assyria.(T)
12 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
13 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.
14 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.
15 I trained and strengthened their arms,(AA)
but they plot evil against Me.(AB)
16 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
- Hosea 7:5 Lit wine—he stretches out his hand to scorners; Hb obscure
- Hosea 7:7 These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.
- Hosea 7:10 Lit against his face
- Hosea 7:12 Lit news to
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay
- Hosea 7:16 Some emend to turn to what is useless
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