Hosea 7:9-16

9Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.

10The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.

11Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

12As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.

13Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.

14They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.

15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.

16They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.