Hosea 7

¹when I would heal Israel,

and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed,

because they deal in falsehood,

²But they did not consider[#Literally “But they did not say to their heart”]

Now their deeds surround them;

³By their wickedness they make the king glad,

⁴All of them commit adultery,

whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire,

⁵On the day of our king, the princes

he stretched out his hand with mockers.

their heart burns within them;

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

⁷All of them are hot as an oven,

All their kings have fallen;

⁸Ephraim mixes himself

Ephraim is a bread cake

⁹Foreigners devour his strength,[#Or “Foreigners eat”]

mold is also sprinkled upon him,

¹⁰The pride of Israel testifies against him—[#Literally “answers against his face”]

¹¹Ephraim was like a dove,

they call to Egypt,

¹²Just as they go, I will cast my net

I will bring them down

¹³Woe to them, because they have strayed from me!

I myself would redeem them,

¹⁴They do not cry out to me from their heart,

because of grain and new wine they lacerate themselves;

¹⁵And I myself trained

¹⁶They turn, not to the Most High,[#Hebrew uncertain; the NRSV translates “to that which does not profit”; the NASB translates “but not upward”]

their officials will fall by the sword

This is their scorn