Hosea 7 | LEB

LEB HOS Chapter 7

7 when I would heal Israel,

and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed,

and the wicked deeds of Samaria;

because they deal in falsehood,

the thief breaks in,[fn]
and the bandit raids the outside.

2 But they did not consider[fn]

that I remember all their wickedness.

Now their deeds surround them;

they are before my face.

3 By their wickedness they make the king glad,

and the officials by their treacheries.

4 All of them commit adultery,

like a burning oven

whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire,

and from kneading the dough until it is leavened.

5 On the day of our king, the princes

became sick with the heat of wine;[fn]

he stretched out his hand with mockers.

6 Because they are kindled[fn] like an oven,

their heart burns within them;

all night their anger smolders ,[fn]

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7 All of them are hot as an oven,

and they devour[fn] their rulers.

All their kings have fallen;

there is none who calls to me amongst them.

8 Ephraim mixes himself

with the nations;

Ephraim is a bread cake

not turned over.

9 Foreigners devour[fn] his strength,

and he does not know it;

mold[fn] is also sprinkled upon him,

and he does not know it.

10 The pride of Israel testifies against him[fn]—

they do not return to Yahweh their God;
they do not seek him for all of this.[fn]

11 Ephraim was like a dove,

silly, without sense ;[fn]

they call to Egypt,

they go to Assyria.

12 Just as they go, I will cast my net

over them;

I will bring them down

like the birds[fn] of the heavens;[fn]

I will discipline them

according to a report to their assembly.[fn]

13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me!

Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me!

I myself would redeem them,

but they speak lies against me.

14 They do not cry out to me from their heart,

but they wail on their beds;

because of grain and new wine they lacerate[fn] themselves;

they depart from me.

15 And I myself trained

and strengthened their arms;
- but they plan evil against me.

16 They turn, not to the Most High,[fn]

like a slack bow;

their officials will fall by the sword

because of the anger of their tongue.

This is their scorn[fn]

in the land of Egypt.

7:? Or “comes in”

7:? Literally “But they did not say to their heart”

7:? This phrase refers to the effects of wine on the body

7:? Hebrew “they drew near;” other ancient translations read “they are kindled”

7:? Literally “sleeps”

7:? Or “they eat”

7:? Or “Foreigners eat”

7:? Literally “grey hair,” but in this case the word refers to the “hairs of mold” on food

7:? Literally “answers against his face”

7:? Or “in all of this”

7:? Literally “without heart”

7:? Hebrew “bird”

7:? Or “sky”

7:? Hebrew uncertain

7:? Or “gash”

7:? Hebrew uncertain; the NRSV translates “to that which does not profit”; the NASB translates “but not upward”

7:? The NRSV translates “So much for their babbling”

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