{"book":"Hosea","slug":"hosea","ch":7,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hosea","prev":"hosea/6","next":"hosea/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.","f":["That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verses 8 and 11"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When I heal Israel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as well as the crimes of Samaria."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For they practice deceit and thieves break in;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"bandits raid in the streets."}],"h":"Ephraim’s Iniquity","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But they fail to consider in their hearts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that I remember all their evil."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Now their deeds are all around them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are before My face."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"They delight the king with their evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the princes with their lies."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are all adulterers,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an oven heated by a baker"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who needs not stoke the fire"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the kneading to the rising of the dough."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The princes are inflamed with wine"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day of our king;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so he joins hands"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with those who mock him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.","f":["Literally their baker sleeps"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For they prepare their heart like an oven"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while they lie in wait;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"all night their anger smolders;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All of them are hot as an oven,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they devour their rulers."},{"style":"indent1","t":"All their kings fall;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not one of them calls upon Me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Ephraim mixes with the nations;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Ephraim is an unturned cake."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Foreigners consume his strength,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but he does not notice."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Even his hair is streaked with gray,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but he does not know."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Israel’s arrogance testifies against them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet they do not return to the LORD their God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"despite all this, they do not seek Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove — calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.","f":["Or I will chastise them according to what was reported against them in the assembly."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As they go, I will spread My net over them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will bring them down like birds of the air."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will chastise them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I hear them flocking together."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Though I would redeem them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they speak lies against Me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.","f":["Some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; see 1 Kings 18:28. Most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They do not cry out to Me from their hearts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when they wail upon their beds."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They slash themselves for grain and new wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but turn away from Me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Although I trained and strengthened their arms,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they plot evil against Me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They turn, but not to the Most High;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are like a faulty bow."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Their leaders will fall by the sword"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the cursing of their tongue;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for this they will be ridiculed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the land of Egypt."}],"style":"indent1"}]}