Berean Standard Bible

Hosea 7:4-11

4They are allH3605 adulterersH5003, likeH3644 an ovenH8574 heatedH1197 by a bakerH644 who needs notH7673 stoke the fireH5782 from the kneadingH3888 toH5704 the risingH2556 of the doughH1217.5The princesH8269 are inflamedH2470 H2534 with wineH3196 on the dayH3117 of our kingH4428; so he joins handsH4900 H3027 withH854 those who mock himH3887.6ForH3588 they prepareH7126 their heartH3820 like an ovenH8574 while they lie in waitH696; allH3605 nightH3915 their angerH644 smoldersH3463;1 in the morningH1242 itH1931 blazesH1197 like a flamingH3852 fireH784.7AllH3605 of them are hotH2552 as an ovenH8574, and they devourH398 their rulersH8199. AllH3605 their kingsH4428 fallH5307; not oneH369 of them callsH7121 upon MeH413.

8EphraimH669 mixesH1931 H1101 with the nationsH5971;EphraimH669 isH1961 an unturnedH1097 H2015 cakeH5692.9ForeignersH2114 consumeH398 his strengthH3581,but heH1931 does notH3808 noticeH3045.EvenH1571 his hair is streakedH2236 with grayH7872,but heH1931 does notH3808 knowH3045.10Israel’sH3478 arroganceH1347 testifiesH6030 against themH6440,yet they do notH3808 returnH7725 toH413 the LORDH3068 their GodH430;despite allH3605 thisH2063, they do notH3808 seek HimH1245.

11So EphraimH669 has becomeH1961 like a sillyH6601, senselessH369 H3820 doveH3123—calling outH7121 to EgyptH4714, then turningH1980 to AssyriaH804.

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