LEB HOS chapter 7

LEB HOS Chapter 7

7 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 [fn] that I remember all their wickedness.

Now their deeds surround them;

they are before my face.
3 the king glad, and the officials by their treacheries.
4  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 [fn] like an oven, their heart burns within them;

all night their anger[fn]

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7  and they devour[fn] their rulers.

All their kings have fallen;

there is none who calls to me amongst them.
8  with the nations;

Ephraim is a bread cake

not turned over.
9 [fn] his strength, and he does not know it;

[fn] is also sprinkled upon him,

and he does not know it.
10 [fn]— they do not return to Yahweh their God;
they do not seek him for all of this.[fn]
11  silly,[fn]

they call to Egypt,

they go to Assyria.
12  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  Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me!

I myself would redeem them,

but they speak lies against me.
14  but they wail on their beds;

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

they depart from me.
15  and strengthened their arms;
- but they plan evil against me.
16 [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.

?:? Or “comes in”

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

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

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

?:? Literally “sleeps”

?:? Or “they eat”

?:? Or “Foreigners eat”

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

?:? Literally “answers against his face”

?:? Or “in all of this”

?:? Literally “without heart”

?:? Hebrew “bird”

?:? Or “sky”

?:? Hebrew uncertain

?:? Or “gash”

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

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