Hos 7 | NASB2020 | STEP | When I would heal Israel , The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered , And the evil deeds of Samaria , For they practice deception ; The thief enters , A band of robbers attack outside ,

Hosea 7

Ephraim’s Wrongdoing

1 When I ^awould heal Israel,
The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they practice ^bdeception;
The thief enters,
A band of ^crobbers attack outside,
2 And they do not ^{▼▼Lit say to their}consider in their hearts
That I ^eremember all their wickedness.
Now their ^fdeeds surround them;
They are before My face.
3 ^gWith their wickedness they make the ^hking happy,
And the officials with their ⁱlies.
4 They are ^jall adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops ^{▼▼Lit stirring up}stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
5 On the ^{▼▼I.e., a festive occasion}day of our king, the officials ^mbecame sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with ^{▼▼Or rebels
,} ^oscoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an ^poven
As they approach their ^{▼▼Lit ambush}plotting;
Their ^{▼▼As in some ancient versions; MT baker}anger ^{▼▼Lit is asleep}smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their ^trulers;
All their kings have fallen.
^uNone of them calls on Me.

8 Ephraim is himself ^vthrown about with the ^{▼▼Lit peoples}nations;
Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.
9 ^xStrangers devour his strength,
Yet he ^ydoes not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 Though the ^zpride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet ^aathey have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.
11 So ^abEphraim has become like a gullible dove, ^acwithout ^{▼▼Lit heart}sense;
They call to ^aeEgypt, they go to ^afAssyria.
12 When they go, I will ^agspread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will ^ahdiscipline them in accordance with the ^{▼▼Lit report}proclamation to their assembly.
13 ^ajWoe to them, for they have ^akstrayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I ^alwould redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
14 And ^amthey do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they ^{▼▼Or LXX and many ancient mss gash themselves
,} ^aoassemble themselves,
They ^apturn against Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they ^aqdevise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not ^{▼▼Or possibly to the Most High}upward,
They are like a ^asloose bow;
Their officials will fall by the sword
Because of the ^{▼▼Lit cursing
,} ^auinsolence of their tongue.
This will be their ^avderision in the land of Egypt.