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Hosea 7:1-7

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Ephraim’s Wrongdoing

1When I would heal Israel,

The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,

And the evil deeds of Samaria,

For they practice deception;

The thief enters,

A band of robbers attack outside,

2And they do not consider in their hearts

That I remember all their wickedness.

Now their deeds surround them;

They are before My face.

3With their wickedness they make the king happy,

And the officials with their lies.

4They are all adulterers,

Like an oven heated by the baker,

Who stops stoking the fire

From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.

5On the day of our king, the officials became sick with the heat of wine;

He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

6For their hearts are like an oven

As they approach their plotting;

Their anger smolders all night,

In the morning it burns like flaming fire.

7All of them are hot like an oven,

And they consume their rulers;

All their kings have fallen.

None of them calls on Me.