Hosea 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 'When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street, 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 do not say to their heart, That all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been. 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 With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes. 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 All of them are adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening. 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 A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners. 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 For they have drawn near, As an oven is their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning 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 All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling unto Me among them. 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! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned. 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 Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known. 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 humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought 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 And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone. 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 they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard. 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 wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and 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 have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside 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 And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil! 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 turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This is their derision 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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