Hos 7:7 All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.
Hos 7:8 ¶ Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
Hos 7:9 Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.
Hos 7:10 Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Hos 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hos 7:12 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 proclamation to their assembly.
Hos 7:13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
Hos 7:15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.
Hos 7:16 They turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hos 8:1Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
Hos 8:3 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.
Hos 8:4 They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
Hos 8:5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Hos 8:6 For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
Hos 8:7 For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
Hos 8:8 ¶ Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.
Hos 8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
Hos 8:10 Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes.
Hos 8:11 ¶ Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.
Hos 8:13 As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.