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Hosea 7

Ephraim's Iniquity

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When I  awould heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal  bfalsely; The thief enters in,  cBandits raid outside,

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And they do not  1consider in their hearts That I  aremember all their wickedness. Now their  bdeeds are all around them; They are before My face.

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 aWith their wickedness they make the  bking glad, And the princes with their  clies.

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They are  aall 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.

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On the  1day of our king, the princes  abecame sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with  bscoffers,

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For their hearts are like an  aoven As they approach their  1plotting; Their  2anger  3smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

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All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their  arulers; All their kings have fallen.  bNone of them calls on Me.

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Ephraim  amixes himself with the  1nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

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 aStrangers devour his strength, Yet he  bdoes not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.

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Though the  apride of Israel testifies against him, Yet  bthey have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

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So  aEphraim has become like a silly dove,  bwithout  1sense; They call to  cEgypt, they go to  dAssyria.

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When they go, I will  aspread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will  bchastise them in accordance with the  1proclamation to their assembly.

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 aWoe to them, for they have  bstrayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I  cwould redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

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And  athey do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they  1 bassemble themselves, They  cturn away from Me.

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Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they  adevise evil against Me.

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They turn, but not  1upward, They are like a  adeceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the  2 binsolence of their tongue. This will be their  cderision in the land of Egypt.



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