Hos 7 | RLT | STEP | 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 .

‏ Hosea 7

CHAP. VII.

1 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. ^{▼▼ wickedness: Heb. evils.
,} ^{▼▼ spoileth: Heb. strippeth.} 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. ^{▼▼ consider…: Heb. say not to.} 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. ^{▼▼ who…: or, the raiser will cease.
,} ^{▼▼ raising: or, waking.} 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with the poison of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. ^{▼▼ poison\(RLT\)/bottles \(KJV\)…: or, heat through wine.} 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. ^{▼▼ made…: or, applied.} 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. ^{▼▼ here…: Heb. sprinkled.} 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to Yhwh 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. ^{▼▼ destruction: Heb. spoil.} 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against me. 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. ^{▼▼ have…: or, chastened.} 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.