Hosea, 7

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God accuses Israel of being deceitful and not trusting in Him.

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Israel's Deception

1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

16 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.

Commentary

Hosea 7 is a chapter that speaks to the consequences of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God. The prophet Hosea speaks of the nation’s sin and how it has caused them to be consumed by their own wickedness. He speaks of how they have become like an oven that is heated up and then quickly cooled off, and how their leaders have become like a morning cloud that quickly disappears. He speaks of how they have become like a cake that is half-baked, and how their kings have become like a reed that is easily broken. Hosea also speaks of how the people of Israel have become like a dove that is easily deceived and how their prophets have become like a roaring lion that is easily silenced. He speaks of how they have become like a silly bird that is easily caught and how their priests have become like a fox that is easily trapped. He speaks of how they have become like a snare that is easily broken and how their rulers have become like a thornbush that is easily uprooted. Hosea speaks of the consequences of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God and how it has caused them to be consumed by their own wickedness. He speaks of how they have become like a cake that is half-baked and how their kings have become like a reed that is easily broken. He speaks of how they have become like a silly bird that is easily caught and how their priests have become like a fox that is easily trapped. He speaks of how they have become like a snare that is easily broken and how their rulers have become like a thornbush that is easily uprooted. In the end, Hosea speaks of