Hosea:7

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* When I would heal Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered , and the wickedness of Samaria . For they commit falsehood , and the thief enters in , and the troop of robbers ravages outside . * And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness . Now their own doings have surrounded them ; they are before my face . * They make the king glad with their wickedness , and the rulers with their lies . * They are all adulterers . They are as an oven heated by the baker . He ceases to stir [the fire ], from the kneading of the dough , until it is leavened . * On the day of our king the rulers made themselves sick with the heat of wine . He stretched out his hand with scoffers . * For they have made their heart ready like an oven , while they lay in wait . Their baker sleeps all the night . In the morning it burns as a flaming fire . * They are all hot as an oven , and devour their judges . All their kings are fallen . There is none among those who call to me . * Ephraim , he mixes himself among the peoples . Ephraim is a cake not turned . * Strangers have devoured his strength , and he does not know . Yea , gray hairs are here and there upon him , and he does not know . * And the pride of Israel testifies to his face . Yet they have not returned to LORD their God , nor sought him for all this . * And Ephraim is like a silly dove , without understanding . They call to Egypt . They go to Assyria . * When they shall go , I will spread my net upon them . I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens . I will chastise them , as their congregation has heard . * Woe to them ! For they have wandered from me . Destruction to them ! For they have trespassed against me . Though I would redeem them , yet they have spoken lies against me . * And they have not cried to me with their heart , but they howl upon their beds . They assemble themselves for grain and new wine . They rebel against me . * Though I have taught and strengthened their arms , yet they devise mischief against me . * They return , but not to [him ] on high . They are like a deceitful bow . Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue . This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt .

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