They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(A)None among them calls upon Me.

“Ephraim (B)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
(C)Aliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.

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All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their (A)rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
(B)None of them calls on Me.

Ephraim is himself (C)thrown about with the [a]nations;
Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.
(D)Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he (E)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:8 Lit peoples

All of them are hot as an oven,
    and they devour[a] their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
    there is none who calls to me amongst them.
Ephraim mixes himself
    with the nations;
Ephraim is a bread cake
    not turned over.
Foreigners devour[b] his strength,
    and he does not know it;
mold[c] is also sprinkled upon him,
    and he does not know it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:7 Or “they eat”
  2. Hosea 7:9 Or “Foreigners eat”
  3. Hosea 7:9 Literally “grey hair,” but in this case the word refers to the “hairs of mold” on food

All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(A)
    and none of them calls(B) on me.

“Ephraim mixes(C) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Foreigners sap his strength,(D)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.

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