Hosea 7:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
7 All of them are as hot as an oven,(A)
and they consume their rulers.(B)
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on me.[a]
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,(C)
but he does not notice.(D)
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.
Footnotes
- 7:3–7 These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.
Hosea 7:7-9
New International Version
Hosea 7:7-9
King James Version
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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Hosea 7:7-9
New King James Version
7 They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(A)None among them calls upon Me.
8 “Ephraim (B)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
9 (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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