OTNT

Hos 7


7:1 “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people, whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;

7:2 but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.

7:3 “They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.

7:4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

7:5 On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.

7:6 Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7:7 All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

7:8 “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat cake not turned over.

7:9 Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.

7:11 “Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless–now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.

7:12 When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like birds of the air. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.

7:13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak lies against me.

7:14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

7:15 I trained them and strengthened them, but they plot evil against me.

7:16 They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

7:1 When I would heal Israel, / Then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered / As well as the evil deeds of Samaria; / For they practice falsehood. / And the thief comes inside; / The band of robbers makes raids outside.

7:2 And they do not say in their hearts / That I remember all their evil. / Now their doings are all around them; / They are before My face.

7:3 They make the king glad with their evil, / And the princes, with their lies.

7:4 All of them practice adultery; / They are like an oven heated by the baker: / He ceases from stirring the fire, / After kneading the dough, until it is leavened.

7:5 On the feast day of our king / The princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; / He stretched out his hand with scorners.

7:6 For they have made their heart ready / Like an oven while they lie in wait: / All night long / Their baker sleeps, / But in the morning the oven burns / Like a flaming fire.

7:7 All of them are hot like an oven, / And they devour their judges; / All their kings fall; / There is no one among them who calls on Me.

7:8 Ephraim ? among the peoples / He mixes himself; / Ephraim is a cake / Not turned.

7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, / And he himself does not know it; / Indeed gray hairs are all over him, / And he himself does not know it.

7:10 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face; / Yet they have not returned to Jehovah their God, / And they have not sought Him, because of all this.

7:11 And Ephraim has become like a silly dove / Without understanding: / They call to Egypt; / They go to Assyria.

7:12 When they go, / I will spread My net over them; / I will bring them down like the birds of heaven; / I will chasten them according to the report given to their assembly.

7:13 Woe to them! For they have wandered from Me. / Devastation to them! For they have transgressed against Me. / And I would have redeemed them, / But they have spoken lies against Me.

7:14 And they did not cry unto Me in their heart / When they howled in their beds. / For grain and new wine they assemble themselves; / They rebel against Me.

7:15 Though I trained them and strengthened their arms, / They devise evil against Me.

7:16 They return, but not to Him who is on high; / They are like a deceitful bow. / Their princes will fall by the sword / Because of the rage of their tongue. / This will be their derision / In the land of Egypt.