7.1
HOSEA
- And the thief entereth in,
- And the troop of robbers maketh a raid without.
- 2And let them not say to their heart—
- I remember all their wickedness,
- Now their own doings have beset them about,
- They are before My face.
- 3They make the king glad with their wickedness,
- And the princes with their lies,
- 4They are all adulterers,
- As an oven heated by the baker,
- Who ceaseth to stir
- From the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.
- 5On the day of our king
- The princes make him sick with the heat of wine,
- He stretcheth out his hand with scorners.
- 6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait;
- Their baker sleepeth all the night,
- In the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- 7They are all hot as an oven,
- And devour their judges;
- All their kings are fallen,
- There is none among them that calleth unto Me.
- 8Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples;
- Ephraim is become a cake not turned.
- 9Strangers have devoured his strength,
- And he knoweth it not;
- Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him,
- And he knoweth it not.
- 10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face;
- But they have not returned unto the Lord their God,
- Nor sought Him, for all this.
- 11And Ephraim is become like a silly dove, without understanding;
- They call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
- 12Even as they go, I will spread My net upon them;
- I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven;
- I will chastise them, as their congregation hath been made to hear.
- 13Woe unto them! for they have strayed from Me;
- Destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against Me;
- Shall I then redeem them,
- Seeing they have spoken lies against Me?
- 14And they have not cried unto Me with their heart,
- Though they wail upon their beds;
- They assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel against Me.
- 15Though I have trained and strengthened their arms,
- Yet do they devise evil against Me.
- 16They return, but not upwards;
- They are become like a deceitful bow;
- Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue;
- This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
- 8Set the horn to thy mouth.
- As a vulture he cometh against the house of the Lord;
- Because they have transgressed My covenant,
- And trespassed against My law.
- 2Will they cry unto Me:
- 'My God, we Israel know Thee'?
- 3Israel hath east off that which is good;
- The enemy shall pursue him.
- 4They have set up kings, but not from Me,
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