Sign in for free

Hosea 7

King James Version

1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. 16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 

King James Bible (1769). Public Domain.
Please note the following exceptions for use and publication in the United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press

Hosea 7

English Standard Version

1 when I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria, for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside. (Jer 23:13; Ho 4:2; Ho 6:4) 2 But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face. (Ps 9:16; Ps 90:8; Pr 5:22; Ho 5:3) 3 By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery. (Ho 7:5; Ro 1:32) 4 They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. (Ho 6:10) 5 On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers. (Ho 7:3) 6 For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. (Ho 6:9) 7 All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me. (2Ki 15:10; 2Ki 15:14; 2Ki 15:25; 2Ki 15:30; Ho 8:4) 8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. (Ps 106:35) 9 Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not. (Isa 42:25; Ho 8:7) 10 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[1] yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this. (Isa 9:13; Ho 5:5) 11 Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria. (2Ki 17:4; Ho 4:11; Ho 5:13; Ho 12:1) 12 As 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. (Le 26:14; De 28:15; Eze 12:13; Ho 10:10) 13 Woe 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. (Ho 9:12; Ho 11:12; Ho 12:1; Ho 13:14; Mic 6:12) 14 They 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. (Ps 78:36; Am 6:4) 15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me. (Ho 11:3) 16 They return, but not upward;[2] 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. (Ps 73:9; Ps 78:57; Ho 6:1; Ho 9:3) 

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.