Hosea:7

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* When I would heal Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered , and the wickedness of Samaria : for they practise falsehood ; and the thief entereth in , [and ] the troop of robbers assaileth without . * And they say not in their hearts [that ] I remember all their wickedness : now do their own doings encompass them ; they are before my face . * They make the king glad with their wickedness , and the princes with their lies . * They all practise adultery , as an oven heated by the baker : he ceaseth from stirring [the fire ] after he hath kneaded the dough , until it be leavened . * In the day of our king , the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine : he stretched out his hand to scorners . * For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait : their baker sleepeth all the night ; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire . * They are all hot as an oven , and devour their judges ; all their kings are fallen : there is none among them that calleth unto me . * Ephraim , he mixeth himself with the peoples ; Ephraim is a cake not turned . * Strangers have devoured his strength , and he knoweth [it ] not ; yea , gray hairs are here and there upon him , and he knoweth [it ] not . * And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face ; and they do not return to Jehovah their God , nor seek him for all this . * And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding : they call to Egypt , they go to Assyria . * When they go , I will spread my net upon them ; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens ; I will chastise them , according as their assembly hath heard . * Woe unto them ! for they have wandered from me ; destruction unto them ! for they have transgressed against me . And I would redeem them ; but they speak lies against me . * And they cried not unto me in their heart , when they howled upon their beds ; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine ; they have turned aside from me . * I have indeed trained , I have strengthened their arms , but they imagine mischief against me . * They return , [but ] not to the [Most ] High : they are like a deceitful bow . Their princes 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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