Hosea 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |Whenever I want to heal Israel, all I can see is Ephraim's sin and Samaria's wickedness. People cheat each other. They break into houses and steal. They rob people in the streets. 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. whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;
2 They don't realize that I remember all the evil things they've done. Now their sins surround them. Their sins are in my presence. But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face. but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.
3 |They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell. By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery. “They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.
4 They all commit adultery. They are like a heated oven, an oven so hot that a baker doesn't have to fan its flames when he makes bread. 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. They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from wine, and the king joins mockers. On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers. On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.
6 They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire. For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 They are all as hot as an oven. They consume their judges [like a fire]. All their kings die in battle, and none of them calls to me. 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. All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
8 |Ephraim mixes with other nations. Ephraim, you are like a half-baked loaf of bread. Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners are using up your strength, but you don't realize it. You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you don't realize it. Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not. Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.
10 Israel, your arrogance testifies against you, but even after all this, you don't turn to the LORD your God or look to him for help. The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him, for all this. Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.
11 Ephraim, you are like a silly, senseless dove. You call for Egypt and run to Assyria for help. Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria. “Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless— now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.
12 When you go, I will spread my net over you. I will snatch you out of the air like a bird. I will punish you for all the evil things you have done. 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. When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like the birds in the sky. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.
13 |How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they've rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me. 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. Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely.
14 They don't pray to me sincerely, even though they cry in their beds and make cuts on their bodies while praying for grain and new wine. They have turned against me. 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. They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
15 I trained them and made them strong. Yet, they plan evil against me. Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me. I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.
16 They don't return to the Most High. They are like a defective bow. Their officials will die in battle because they curse. The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this. They return, but not upward; 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. They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
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