Hosea 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed and the wickedness of Samaria; for they committed falsehood in my presence; and the thief came in, and the robber robbed men 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 And they never said in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own devices have beset them about; they were before my face. 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 have made the kings glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 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 Their rulers are all adulterers, their passion is as an oven heated to bake bread, the baker who kneads the dough ceases from going to the city, and waits until it is leavened. 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 The day they start to give counsel, the princes begin to become inflamed with wine; they stretch out their hands with wicked men. 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 Because their heart is hot like an oven with their plots, all night their anger is suppressed; and in the morning it burns as a flaming 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 hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen; there is none among them who calls upon 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 has mixed himself with Gentiles; Ephraim has become as a loaf of bread which is eaten before it is baked. 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 Thus strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yea, gray hairs have grown upon him, yet he knows it not. 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 And the pride of Israel has been humbled in his presence; and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. 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 also is like a young dove without understanding; they have come to Egypt, they are gone to Assyria. 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 Wherever they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the air; I will chastise them according to the testimony which is heard against them. 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 Woe to them! for they have fled from me; I will bring misfortune upon them because they have transgressed against me; though I have saved them, yet they have spoken lies against 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 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howled upon their beds; they quarrel over wheat and wine, and they have rebelled 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 Though I have disciplined and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief 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 have perverted themselves for nothing; they have become like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the boldness of their tongue; such shall be their entanglement in the land of Egypt. 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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