Hos 7 | ESV | STEP | when I would heal Israel , the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed , and the evil deeds of Samaria , for they deal falsely ; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside .

‏ Hosea 7

1 ^awhen I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of ^bSamaria,
for ^cthey deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that ^dI remember all their evil.
Now ^etheir deeds surround them;
^fthey are before my face.
3 By their evil ^gthey make ^hthe king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 ⁱThey 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 ^jour king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven ^kthey 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 ^ltheir kings ^mhave fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim ⁿmixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 ^oStrangers devour his strength,
and ^phe knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and ^qhe knows it not.
10 ^rThe pride of Israel testifies to his face; ^{▼▼Or in his presence}
^tyet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^usilly and without sense,
calling to ^vEgypt, going to ^wAssyria.
12 As they go, ^xI will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
^yI will discipline them ^zaccording to the report made to their congregation.
13 ^aaWoe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
^abI would redeem them,
but ^acthey speak lies against me.
14 ^adThey do not cry to me from the heart,
but ^aethey wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although ^afI trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They ^agreturn, but not upward; ^{▼▼Or to the Most High}
they are ^ailike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of ^ajthe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^akin the land of Egypt.