Hosea 7-8
English Standard Version
7 (A)when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of (B)Samaria,
for (C)they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that (D)I remember all their evil.
Now (E)their deeds surround them;
(F)they are before my face.
3 By their evil (G)they make (H)the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 (I)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
5 On the day of (J)our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven (K)they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All (L)their kings (M)have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim (N)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (O)Strangers devour his strength,
and (P)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (Q)he knows it not.
10 (R)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
(S)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
(T)silly and without sense,
calling to (U)Egypt, going to (V)Assyria.
12 As they go, (W)I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
(X)I will discipline them (Y)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (Z)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(AA)I would redeem them,
but (AB)they speak lies against me.
14 (AC)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (AD)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although (AE)I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (AF)return, but not upward;[b]
they are (AG)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (AH)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (AI)in the land of Egypt.
Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind
8 Set (AJ)the trumpet to your lips!
One (AK)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (AL)they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2 To me they cry,
(AM)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
3 Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.
4 (AN)They made kings, (AO)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 (AP)I have[c] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
(AQ)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(AR)The calf of Samaria
(AS)shall be broken to pieces.[d]
7 For (AT)they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
(AU)strangers would devour it.
8 (AV)Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as (AW)a useless vessel.
9 For (AX)they have gone up to Assyria,
(AY)a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And (AZ)the king and princes (BA)shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.
11 Because Ephraim (BB)has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (BC)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(BD)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(BE)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(BF)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (BG)Israel has forgotten (BH)his Maker
and (BI)built palaces,
and (BJ)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (BK)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
- Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
- Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
- Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames
Revelation 4
English Standard Version
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me (A)like a trumpet, said, (B)“Come up here, and (C)I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once (D)I was in the Spirit, and behold, (E)a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of (F)jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was (G)a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were (H)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, (I)clothed in white garments, with (J)golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came (K)flashes of lightning, and rumblings[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning (L)seven torches of fire, (M)which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was (N)as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are (O)four living creatures, (P)full of eyes in front and behind: 7 (Q)the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, (R)each of them with six wings, are (S)full of eyes all around and within, and (T)day and night they never cease to say,
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, (W)who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders (X)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast (Y)their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 (Z)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for (AA)you created all things,
and (AB)by your will they existed and were created.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 4:5 Or voices, or sounds
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