Hos 7, Hos 10 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

1 ^awhen I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of ^bSamaria,
for ^cthey deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that ^dI remember all their evil.
Now ^etheir deeds surround them;
^fthey are before my face.
3 By their evil ^gthey make ^hthe king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 ⁱThey 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.
5 On the day of ^jour king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven ^kthey approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All ^ltheir kings ^mhave fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim ⁿmixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 ^oStrangers devour his strength,
and ^phe knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and ^qhe knows it not.
10 ^rThe pride of Israel testifies to his face; ^{▼▼Or in his presence}
^tyet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^usilly and without sense,
calling to ^vEgypt, going to ^wAssyria.
12 As they go, ^xI will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
^yI will discipline them ^zaccording to the report made to their congregation.
13 ^aaWoe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
^abI would redeem them,
but ^acthey speak lies against me.
14 ^adThey do not cry to me from the heart,
but ^aethey wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although ^afI trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They ^agreturn, but not upward; ^{▼▼Or to the Most High}
they are ^ailike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of ^ajthe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^akin the land of Egypt.

Hosea 10

1 ^alIsrael is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
^amthe more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew He} will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.
3 For now they will say:
^ao“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter ^apmere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so ^aqjudgment springs up like poisonous weeds
^arin the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for ^asthe calf ^{▼▼Or calves} of ^auBeth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and ^avover its glory—
for it has departed ^{▼▼Or has gone into exile} from them.
6 ^axThe thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to ^aythe great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed ^baof his idol. ^{▼▼Or counsel}
7 ^bcSamaria’s king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of ^bdAven, ^bethe sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
^bfThorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and ^bgthey shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
9 From ^bhthe days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust ^{▼▼Hebrew the children of injustice} overtake them in Gibeah?
10 ^bjWhen I please, ^bkI will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for ^bltheir double iniquity.
11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that ^bmloved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put ^bnEphraim to the yoke;
^boJudah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
12 ^bpSow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
^bqbreak up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and ^brrain righteousness upon you.
13 ^bsYou have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
14 therefore ^btthe tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as ^buShalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
^bvmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O ^bwBethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn ^bxthe king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.