Hos 7 | NASB1995 | STEP | When I would heal Israel , The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered , And the evil deeds of Samaria , For they deal falsely ; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside ,

‏ Hosea 7

Ephraim’s Iniquity

1 When I ^awould heal Israel,
The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal ^bfalsely;
The thief enters in,
^cBandits raid outside,
2 And they do not ^{▼▼ Lit say to their heart}consider in their hearts
That I ^eremember all their wickedness.
Now their ^fdeeds are all around them;
They are before My face.
3 ^gWith their wickedness they make the ^hking glad,
And the princes with their ⁱlies.
4 They are ^jall adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the ^{▼▼ I.e. a festive occasion}day of our king, the princes ^lbecame sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with ^mscoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an ⁿoven
As they approach their ^{▼▼ Lit ambush}plotting;
Their ^{▼▼ So with some ancient versions; M.T. baker}anger ^{▼▼ Lit sleeps}smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their ^rrulers;
All their kings have fallen.
^sNone of them calls on Me.

8 Ephraim ^tmixes himself with the ^{▼▼ Lit peoples}nations;
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
9 ^vStrangers devour his strength,
Yet he ^wdoes not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 Though the ^xpride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet ^ythey have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
11 So ^zEphraim has become like a silly dove, ^aawithout ^{▼▼ Lit heart}sense;
They call to ^acEgypt, they go to ^adAssyria.
12 When they go, I will ^aespread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will ^afchastise them in accordance with the ^{▼▼ Lit report}proclamation to their assembly.
13 ^ahWoe to them, for they have ^aistrayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I ^ajwould redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
14 And ^akthey do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they ^{▼▼ Or with Gr and many ancient mss gash themselves
,} ^amassemble themselves,
They ^anturn away from Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they ^aodevise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not ^{▼▼ Or possibly to the Most High}upward,
They are like a ^aqdeceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the ^{▼▼ Lit indignation; or cursing
,} ^asinsolence of their tongue.
This will be their ^atderision in the land of Egypt.