Hosea 7
NASB
Hos 7:1
Hos 7:2
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And they do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are before My face.
Hos 7:3
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With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.
Hos 7:4
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They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker Who ceases to stir up {the fire} From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Hos 7:5
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On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,
Hos 7:6
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For their hearts are like an oven {As} they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
Hos 7:7
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All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.
Hos 7:9
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Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know {it;} Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know {it.}
Hos 7:10
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Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Hos 7:11
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So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hos 7:12
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When they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
Hos 7:13
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Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
Hos 7:14
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And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.
Hos 7:15
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Although I trained {and} strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.
Hos 7:16
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They turn, {but} not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This {will be} their derision in the land of Egypt.
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