English Bible Presentation Sharing - Hosea Book, chapter 7, verse 3 in Hcsb Version

Hosea 7 : 1 (HCSB)

when I heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practice fraud; a thief breaks in; a gang pillages outside.

Hosea 7 : 2 (HCSB)

But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their sins are all around them; they are right in front of My face.

Hosea 7 : 3 (HCSB)

They please the king with their evil, the princes with their lies.

Hosea 7 : 4 (HCSB)

All of them commit adultery; *they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

Hosea 7 : 5 (HCSB)

On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine-- there is a conspiracy with traitors.

Hosea 7 : 6 (HCSB)

For they-- their hearts like an oven-- draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Hosea 7 : 7 (HCSB)

All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on Me.

Hosea 7 : 8 (HCSB)

Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread, baked on a griddle.

Hosea 7 : 9 (HCSB)

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not notice.

Hosea 7 : 10 (HCSB)

Israel's arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God, and for all this, they do not seek Him.

Hosea 7 : 11 (HCSB)

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

Hosea 7 : 12 (HCSB)

As they are going, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them in accordance with the news that reaches their assembly.

Hosea 7 : 13 (HCSB)

Woe to them, for they fled from Me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me! Though I want to redeem *them , they speak lies against Me.

Hosea 7 : 14 (HCSB)

They do not cry to Me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and wine; they turn away from Me.

Hosea 7 : 15 (HCSB)

I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against Me.

Hosea 7 : 16 (HCSB)

They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the cursing of their tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.