Hosea 7

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1 x When I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of y Samaria;
for z they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
 2 But they do not consider
that a I remember all their evil.
Now b their deeds surround them;
c they are before my face.
 3 By their evil d they make d the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
 4 e 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.
 5 On the day of f our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
 6 For with hearts like an oven g they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
 7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All h their kings i have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.

8 Ephraim j mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
 9 k Strangers devour his strength,
and l he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and l he knows it not.
 10 m The pride of Israel testifies to his face; 1
n yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
o silly and without sense,
calling to p Egypt, going to q Assyria.
 12 As they go, r I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
s I will discipline them t according to the report made to their congregation.
 13 u Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
v I would redeem them,
but w they speak lies against me.

14 x They do not cry to me from the heart,
but y they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
 15 Although z I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
 16 They a return, but not upward; 2
they are b like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of c the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision d in the land of Egypt.

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 6:4
    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:13
    In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 4:2
    There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 5:3
    I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 9:16
    The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
    Proverbs 5:22
    The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 90:8
    You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
  7. Cross References
    Hosea 7:5
    On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
    Romans 1:32
    Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
  8. Cross References
    Hosea 7:5
    On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
    Romans 1:32
    Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
  9. Cross References
    Hosea 6:10
    In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
  10. Cross References
    Hosea 7:3
    By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
  11. Cross References
    Hosea 6:9
    As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.
  12. Cross References
    Hosea 8:4
    They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:10
    Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.
    2 Kings 15:14
    Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.
    2 Kings 15:25
    And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the people of Gilead, and struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; he put him to death and reigned in his place.
    2 Kings 15:30
    Then Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him down and put him to death and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 106:35
    But they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.
  15. Cross References
    Hosea 8:7
    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:25
    So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:25
    So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
  18. Cross References
    Hosea 5:5
    The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:13
    The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
  20. Cross References
    Hosea 4:11
    Whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
  21. Cross References
    Hosea 12:1
    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
    2 Kings 17:4
    But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
  22. Cross References
    Hosea 5:13
    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:13
    And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.
  24. Cross References
    Hosea 10:10
    When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:14 - 39
    But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments.
    Deuteronomy 28:15 - 68
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
  26. Cross References
    Hosea 9:12
    Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
  27. Cross References
    Hosea 13:14
    Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
  28. Cross References
    Hosea 11:12
    Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
    Hosea 12:1
    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
    Micah 6:12
    Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 78:36 - 37
    But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
  30. Cross References
    Amos 6:4 - 5
    Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall.
  31. Cross References
    Hosea 11:3
    Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
  32. Cross References
    Hosea 6:1
    Come, let us return to the Lord ; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 78:57
    But turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 73:9
    They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
  35. Cross References
    Hosea 9:3
    They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
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