Hosea

Hosea 7

1Israel reproved for manifold sins. 11God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.

1WHEN ^aI would have healed Israel, then ^bthe iniquity of Ephraim was ^*discovered, and the ¹wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers ²spoileth ^*without.

a Je. 51.9; 17.14. Mat. 23.37. Lu. 19.42. b ch. 4.1,2,7-12,15; 5.1; 6.10. Mi. 2.1-3; 3.1-3; 7.1-6. Is. 1-5; 28; 59.1-15.

2And they ³consider not in their hearts that ^cI remember all their wickedness: ^dnow their own doings have ^ebeset them about; they are ^fbefore my face.

c ch. 9.9. Am. 8.7. De. 32.34. Ps. 50.21. d Is. 26.16. e Ps. 9.16. Pr. 5.22. Ps. 49.5. Nu. 32.23. f Ps. 90.8. Pr. 5.21; 15.3. Job 34.21. Je. 16.17; 32.19.

3^gThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

g Ps. 62.4. Pr. 14.9. 1Ki. 22.6. Ro. 1.32.

4^hThey are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, ⁴who ceaseth ⁵from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be ^*leavened.

h Je. 9.2. Mat. 15.19. Is. 1.4. ch. 4.2,12. Is. 57.5.

5In ⁱthe day of our king the princes have made him ^jsick with ⁶bottles of wine; he ^kstretched out his hand with scorners.

i 1Ki. 12.32,33. Mat. 14.6. Ge. 40.20. j Hab. 2.15. Is. 28.1. k Ps. 1.1. Pr. 13.20.

6For ^lthey have ⁷made 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.

l v.4,7. ch. 5.1,2. Ps. 10.8. Pr. 4.16. Mi. 2.1.

7They are all hot as an oven, ^mand have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: ⁿthere is none among them that calleth unto me.

m 2Ki. 15.10,14,25,30; 9. n v.10,14. Is. 9.13; 64.7. Job 36.13.

8Ephraim, ^ohe hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is ^pa cake not turned.

o Ps. 106.35. ch. 5.7,13; 9.3. v.10. Je. 16.12,13. Ezr. 9.1. p Re. 3.16. 1Ki. 18.21. Zep. 1.5.

9^qStrangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are ⁸here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

q 2Ki. 13.4,7; 15.19,29. Is. 42.25; 9.13. ch. 8.7.

10And the ^rpride of Israel testifieth to his face: and ^sthey do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

r ch. 5.5. Je. 3.3. s v.9. Is. 9.13; 1.5. Job 36.13. Pr. 23.35.

11¶Ephraim also is ^tlike a ^*silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

t Je. 2.11,18,30. Eze. 16.30. 2Ki. 15.9,16; 17.3,4. Is. 30.1-6; 31.1-3. ch. 5.13; 8.9; 12.1; 9.3; 14.3. 2Ch. 28.16,24.

12When they shall go, ^uI will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I ^vwill chastise them, ^was their congregation hath heard.

u Ec. 9.12. Eze. 12.13; 17.20. Je. 16.16. Is. 24.17,18. v Re. 3.19. w Le. 26. De. 27-32. 2Ki. 17.13,14. Je. 44.4.

13^xWoe unto them! for they have fled from me: ⁹destruction unto them! ^ybecause they have transgressed against me: though ^zI have redeemed them, yet they have spoken ^alies against me.

x ch. 9.12; 5.13. Is. 30.1. La. 5.16. Eze. 16.23; 14.5. v.11. y Is. 3.11. Eze. 18.4. z Ex. 3-14. Ju. 2.16. 2Ki. 13.17; 14.27. Mi. 6.4. a ch. 11.12. Je. 5.11,12. Ps. 78.36. Ro. 1.25. Je. 44.17.

14And ^bthey have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: ^cthey assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

b Zec. 7.5. Is. 29.13. Je. 3.10. Job 35.9,10. Ps. 78.34,36. c Ja. 4.3. Phi. 3.18,19. De. 32.15. ch. 13.6.

15^dThough I have ¹⁰bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they ^eimagine mischief against me.

d Ju. 3.14,16. Ps. 106.40-45. 2Ki. 13.3,7,25; 14.25. e v.14. Na. 1.9,11. Ps. 106.39. Ge. 6.5. Je. 17.9.

16^fThey return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the ^grage of their tongue: this shall be their derision ^hin the land of Egypt.

f ch. 11.7. Ps. 78.57. g v.13. Ps. 73.9. 1Ti. 1.20. h ch. 9.3,6; 8.13. Eze. 36.20; 23.32.