ASV_Strong : Hosea 7
1. When I would heal[H7495] Israel[H3478], then is the iniquity[H5771] of Ephraim[H669] uncovered[H1540], and the wickedness[H7451] of Samaria[H8111]; for they commit[H6466] falsehood[H8267], and the thief[H1590] entereth in[H935], and the troop[H1416] of robbers ravageth[H6584] without[H2351].
2. And they consider[H559] not in their hearts[H3824] that I remember[H2142] all their wickedness[H7451]: now have their own doings[H4611] beset them about[H5437]; they are before my face[H6440].
3. They make the king[H4428] glad[H8055] with their wickedness[H7451], and the princes[H8269] with their lies[H3585].
4. They are all adulterers[H5003]; they are as an oven[H8574] heated[H1197] by the baker[H644]; he ceaseth[H7673] to stir[H5782] the fire[H3888], from the kneading of the dough[H1217], until it be leavened[H2556].
5. On the day[H3117] of our king[H4428] the princes[H8269] made themselves sick[H2470] with the heat[H2534] of wine[H3196]; he stretched out[H4900] his hand[H3027] with scoffers[H3945].
6. For they have made ready[H7126] their heart[H3820] like an oven[H8574], while they lie in wait[H693]: their baker[H644] sleepeth[H3463] all the night[H3915]; in the morning[H1242] it burneth[H1197] as a flaming[H3852] fire[H784].
7. They are all hot[H2552] as an oven[H8574], and devour[H398] their judges[H8199]; all their kings[H4428] are fallen[H5307]: there is none among them that calleth unto me[H7121].
8. Ephraim[H669], he mixeth[H1101] himself among the peoples[H5971]; Ephraim[H669] is a cake[H5692] not turned[H2015].
9. Strangers[H2114] have devoured[H398] his strength[H3581], and he knoweth[H3045] it not[H7872]: yea, gray hairs are here and there[H2236] upon him[H3045], and he knoweth it not.
10. And the pride[H1347] of Israel[H3478] doth testify[H6030] to his face[H6440]: yet they have not returned[H7725] unto Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], nor sought him[H1245], for all this.
11. And Ephraim[H669] is like a silly[H6601] dove[H3123], without understanding[H3820]: they call[H7121] unto Egypt[H4714], they go[H1980] to Assyria[H804].
12. When they shall go[H3212], I will spread[H6566] my net[H7568] upon them[H3381]; I will bring them down as the birds[H5775] of the heavens[H8064]; I will chastise[H3256] them[H5712], as their congregation hath heard[H8088].
13. Woe[H188] unto them[H5074]! for they have wandered from me[H7701]; destruction unto them[H6586]! for they have trespassed against me[H6299]: though I would redeem them[H1696], yet they have spoken lies against me[H3577].
14. And they have not cried[H2199] unto me with their heart[H3820], but they howl[H3213] upon their beds[H4904]: they assemble[H1481] themselves for grain[H1715] and new wine[H8492]; they rebel against me[H5493].
15. Though I have taught[H3256] and strengthened[H2388] their arms[H2220], yet do they devise[H2803] mischief against me[H7451].
16. They return[H7725], but not to him that is on high[H5920]; they are like a deceitful[H7423] bow[H7198]; their princes[H8269] shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719] for the rage[H2195] of their tongue[H3956]: this[H2097] shall be their derision[H3933] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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