Hosea 7

1When I would healH7495 IsraelH3478, then the iniquityH5771 of EphraimH669 is discovered, and the wickednessH7451 of SamariaH8111: for they practise falsehoodH8267; and the thiefH1590 entereth in, [and] the troopH1416 of robbers assaileth without. 2And they sayH559 not in their heartsH3824 [that] I rememberH2142 all their wickednessH7451: nowH6258 do their own doings encompass them; they are before my faceH6440. 3They makeH8055 the kingH4428 gladH8055 with their wickednessH7451, and the princesH8269 with their lies. 4They all practise adulteryH5003, as an ovenH8574 heated by the bakerH644: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneadedH3888 the doughH1217, until it be leavened. 5In the dayH3117 of our kingH4428, the princesH8269 made themselves sickH2470 with the heat of wineH3196: he stretched out his handH3027 to scorners. 6For they have applied their heartH3820 like an ovenH8574 to their lyingH693 in waitH693: their bakerH644 sleepeth all the nightH3915; in the morningH1242 it burneth like a flamingH3852 fireH784. 7They are all hotH2552 as an ovenH8574, and devourH398 their judgesH8199; all their kingsH4428 are fallenH5307: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8EphraimH669, he mixeth himself with the peoplesH5971; EphraimH669 is a cakeH5692 not turnedH2015. 9StrangersH2114 have devouredH398 his strengthH3581, and he knoweth [it] not; yea, grayH7872 hairsH7872 are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [it] not. 10And the prideH1347 of IsraelH3478 testifieth to his faceH6440; and they do not returnH7725 to Jehovah their 1GodH430, nor seekH1245 him for all this. 11And EphraimH669 is becomeH1961 like a silly doveH3123 without understanding: they callH7121 to EgyptH4714, they goH1980 to AssyriaH804. 12WhenH834 they goH3381, I will spreadH6566 my netH7568 upon them; I will bringH3381 them downH3381 as the fowl of the heavensH8064; I will chastise them, according as their assemblyH5712 hath heard. 13WoeH188 unto them! for they have wandered from me; destructionH7701 unto them! for they have transgressedH6586 against me. And I would redeemH6299 them; but they speakH1696 liesH3577 against me. 14And they criedH2199 not unto me in their heartH3820, when they howled upon their bedsH4904; they assemble themselves for corn and newH8492 wineH8492; they have turnedH5493 asideH5493 from me. 15I have indeed trained, I have strengthenedH2388 their armsH2220, but they imagine mischief against me. 16They returnH7725, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bowH7198. Their princesH8269 shall fallH5307 by the swordH2719 for the rage of their tongueH3956: this shall beH1961 their derision in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.