Hosea 7:5-16 ▼

5 On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

6 For their hearts are like an oven As they draw near in their plotting; Their anger smolders all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

7 All of them are hot like an oven, And they devour their judges; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.

8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

9 Strangers devour his power, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.

10 So the pride of Israel answers against him, Yet they have not returned to Yahweh their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

11 So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without a heart of wisdom; They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

12 When they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the report to their congregation.

13 Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have transgressed against Me! And I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

14 And they do not cry out to Me in their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they gather together as sojourners; They depart from Me.

15 Although I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.

16 They turn, but not upward; They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the indignation of their tongue. This will be their scoffing in the land of Egypt.