Israel Has Rebelled Against God

“When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:1 plunders

13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (A)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

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Impenitence of Israel and Judah

“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.

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42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this (A)your day, the things that (B)make for your (C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

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That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
The best of them is (B)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.

(C)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (D)bosom.
For (E)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will (F)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.

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By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

37 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (C)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (D)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (E)under her wings, but you were not willing!

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16 For the statutes of (A)Omri are (B)kept;
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a [a]desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the (C)reproach of [b]My people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:16 Or object of horror
  2. Micah 6:16 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX nations

14 Those who (A)swear by (B)the [a]sin of Samaria,
Who say,
‘As your god lives, O Dan!’
And, ‘As the way of (C)Beersheba lives!’
They shall fall and never rise again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:14 Or Ashima, a Syrian goddess

God’s Charge Against Ephraim

12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [a]Holy One who is faithful.

Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [b]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [c]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones
  2. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  3. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
  2. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests

For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (A)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (B)has hired lovers.

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