Hosea 7

1 When heal I Israel and it is revealed [the] iniquity of Ephraim and [the] evil deeds of Samaria for they do falsehood and a thief he comes it attacks a marauding band in the street.

When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, [even] a robber spoiling in his way;

2 And not they say to heart their all evil their I remember now they have surrounded them deeds their before face my they are.

that they may concert together as [men] singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face.

3 By evil their they make glad [the] king and by lies their princes.

They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.

4 All of them [are] adulterers like an oven burning from a baker [who] he ceases stirring up from kneading [the] dough until is leavened it.

They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot-baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

5 [the] day of King our they became sick princes fever from wine he stretched out hand his with scorners.

[In] the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

6 For they have brought near like oven heart their in ambush their all the night [is] sleeping baker their morning it [is] burning like a fire of flame.

Therefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.

7 All of them they are hot like oven and they devour rulers their all kings their they have fallen there not [is one who] calls among them to me.

They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen; there was not amongst them one that called on me.

8 Ephraim among the peoples he he mixes himself Ephraim he has become a bread cake not turned over.

Ephraim is mixed amongst his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.

9 They have consumed strangers strength his and he not he knows also gray hair it has sneaked in on him and he not he knows.

Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew [it] not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew [it] not.

10 And it testifies [the] pride of Israel in face its and not they have returned to Yahweh God their and not they have sought him for all this.

And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this.

11 And he has become Ephraim like a dove silly there not [is] heart Egypt they have called Assyria they have gone.

And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians.

12 Just when they will go I will spread over them net my like [the] bird[s] of the heavens I will bring down them I will chasten them according to a report to assembly their.

Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumour of their [coming] affliction.

13 Woe! to them for they have fled from me devastation [belongs] to them for they have transgressed against me and I I will redeem them and they they have spoken on me lies.

Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.

14 And not they have cried out to me with heart their if they wail on beds their on grain and new wine they assemble themselves they turn aside against me.

And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.

15 And I I instructed [them] I strengthened arms their and against me they plot evil.

They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.

16 They turn - not height they have become like a bow of slackness they will fall by the sword leaders their from [the] indignation of tongue their this [will be] mockery their in [the] land of Egypt.

They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nothing in the land of Egypt.