Hosea 7
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Israel är som en obrukbar pilbåge
7 När jag förlåter Israel kommer också dess synd att avslöjas. Samarien är fullt av lögnare, tjuvar och banditer!
2 Men ingen tycks begripa att jag hela tiden iakttar dem. Deras onda gärningar avslöjar dem och jag ser alltsammans.
3 Kungen gläds över deras ondska, och furstarna skrattar åt alla deras lögner.
4 De är otrogna i sina äktenskap, heta som bagarens ugn från det han blandar degen tills den har jäst - ständigt upptända av begär.
5 På kungens högtidsdag dricker furstarna sig druckna. Kungen beter sig som en dåre och dricker tillsammans med dem som annars hånar honom.
6 Deras hjärtan är fulla av intriger. Deras komplotter glöder under nattens timmar och slår på morgonen upp i full låga.
7 De dödar sina kungar, en efter en, men ingen av dem ropar till mig om hjälp.
8 Mitt folk beblandar sig med hedningar och tar efter deras onda seder. Därför är de inte mer värda än en kaka ogräddat bröd!
9 Deras styrka har försvunnit därför att de tillbett främmande gudar, men de förstår det inte. De har blivit gråhåriga, men de inser inte att det är av svaghet.
10 Stoltheten över andra gudar har dömt dem, men ändå vänder de inte tillbaka till sin Gud - nej, de försöker inte ta reda på var han finns.
11 Israel är som en duva, som har tappat orienteringen och än dras mot Egypten än mot Assyrien.
12 Men när hon flyger ska jag kasta mitt nät över henne och fånga henne. Hon ska inte undgå sitt straff.
13 Ve mitt folk, som har övergett mig! Låt dem alla förgås, för de har vänt sig mot mig. Jag ville befria dem, men deras hårda hjärtan ville inte veta av sanningen.
14 De ligger där sömnlösa av ångest men vill inte be mig om hjälp. I stället ber de till hedniska gudar om säd och vin.
15 Jag har fostrat dem och gjort dem starka, men ändå vänder de sig nu mot mig med onda anslag.
16 De ser åt alla håll utom mot himlen, mot den Allsmäktige. De är som en obrukbar pilbåge. Deras ledare ska förgås genom fiendens svärd för sin fräckhet mot mig, och hela Egypten ska håna dem.
Hosea 7
King James Version
7 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have 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, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles 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 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.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the most 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.
Hosea 7
New American Standard Bible
Ephraim’s Wrongdoing
7 When I (A)would heal Israel,
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they practice (B)deception;
The thief enters,
A band of (C)robbers attack outside,
2 And they do not [a]consider in their hearts
That I (D)remember all their wickedness.
Now their (E)deeds surround them;
They are before My face.
3 (F)With their wickedness they make the (G)king happy,
And the officials with their (H)lies.
4 They are (I)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops [b]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
5 On the [c]day of our king, the officials (J)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with [d](K)scoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an (L)oven
As they approach their [e]plotting;
Their [f]anger [g]smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their (M)rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
(N)None of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim is himself (O)thrown about with the [h]nations;
Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.
9 (P)Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he (Q)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 Though the (R)pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet (S)they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.
11 So (T)Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, (U)without [i]sense;
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)discipline them in accordance with the [j]proclamation to their assembly.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have (AA)strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I (AB)would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
14 And (AC)they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they [k](AD)assemble themselves,
They (AE)turn against Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (AF)devise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not [l]upward,
They are like a (AG)loose bow;
Their officials will fall by the sword
Because of the [m](AH)insolence of their tongue.
This will be their (AI)derision in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:2 Lit say to their
- Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
- Hosea 7:5 I.e., a festive occasion
- Hosea 7:5 Or rebels
- Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
- Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; MT baker
- Hosea 7:6 Lit is asleep
- Hosea 7:8 Lit peoples
- Hosea 7:11 Lit heart
- Hosea 7:12 Lit report
- Hosea 7:14 Or LXX and many ancient mss gash themselves
- Hosea 7:16 Or possibly to the Most High
- Hosea 7:16 Lit cursing
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