Hosea 7
Israel is like a half-baked cake, heated on one side, raw on the other. Their hearts burn with intrigue like an oven, mixing with nations, calling to Egypt and Assyria. They are like a faulty bow that misses every target.
HoseaChapter 7 of 1416 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: EphraimEgyptSamaria
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When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Hosea 7
“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.”
“but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.”
“Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’”
“Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.”
“And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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