## Hosea Chapter 7

###### Hosea 7:1
[Hosea 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:1)

כְּרׇפְאִ֣י לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְנִגְלָ֞ה עֲוֺ֤ן אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְרָע֣וֹת שֹׁמְר֔וֹן כִּ֥י פָעֲל֖וּ שָׁ֑קֶר וְגַנָּ֣ב יָב֔וֹא פָּשַׁ֥ט גְּד֖וּד בַּחֽוּץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when I would have healed Yisra᾽el, then the iniquity of Efrayim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Shomeron: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the bandits raid without.


###### Hosea 7:2
[Hosea 7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:2)

וּבַל־יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ לִלְבָבָ֔ם כׇּל־רָעָתָ֖ם זָכָ֑רְתִּי עַתָּה֙ סְבָב֣וּם מַעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם נֶ֥גֶד פָּנַ֖י הָיֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.


###### Hosea 7:3
[Hosea 7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:3)

בְּרָעָתָ֖ם יְשַׂמְּחוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.


###### Hosea 7:4
[Hosea 7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:4)

כֻּלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים כְּמ֣וֹ תַנּ֔וּר בֹּעֵ֖רָה מֵאֹפֶ֑ה יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת מֵעִ֔יר מִלּ֥וּשׁ בָּצֵ֖ק עַד־חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker; he rests from stoking the fire; from the time of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.


###### Hosea 7:5
[Hosea 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:5)

י֣וֹם מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ הֶחֱל֥וּ שָׂרִ֖ים חֲמַ֣ת מִיָּ֑יִן מָשַׁ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ אֶת־לֹצְצִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On the day of our king, the princes were sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.


###### Hosea 7:6
[Hosea 7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:6)

כִּֽי־קֵרְב֧וּ כַתַּנּ֛וּר לִבָּ֖ם בְּאׇרְבָּ֑ם כׇּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר ה֥וּא בֹעֵ֖ר כְּאֵ֥שׁ לֶהָבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they made ready their heart like an oven, whilst they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.


###### Hosea 7:7
[Hosea 7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:7)

כֻּלָּ֤ם יֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ כַּתַּנּ֔וּר וְאָכְל֖וּ אֶת־שֹׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם כׇּל־מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם נָפָ֔לוּ אֵין־קֹרֵ֥א בָהֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calls to me.


###### Hosea 7:8
[Hosea 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:8)

אֶפְרַ֕יִם בָּעַמִּ֖ים ה֣וּא יִתְבּוֹלָ֑ל אֶפְרַ֛יִם הָיָ֥ה עֻגָ֖ה בְּלִ֥י הֲפוּכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim, he has mingled himself among the peoples; Efrayim is a cake not turned.


###### Hosea 7:9
[Hosea 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:9)

אָכְל֤וּ זָרִים֙ כֹּח֔וֹ וְה֖וּא לֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע גַּם־שֵׂיבָה֙ זָ֣רְקָה בּ֔וֹ וְה֖וּא לֹ֥א יָדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yea, grey hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knows not.


###### Hosea 7:10
[Hosea 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:10)

וְעָנָ֥ה גְאֽוֹן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָנָ֑יו וְלֹא־שָׁ֙בוּ֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א בִקְשֻׁ֖הוּ בְּכׇל־זֹֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the pride of Yisra᾽el testifies to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.


###### Hosea 7:11
[Hosea 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:11)

וַיְהִ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם כְּיוֹנָ֥ה פוֹתָ֖ה אֵ֣ין לֵ֑ב מִצְרַ֥יִם קָרָ֖אוּ אַשּׁ֥וּר הָלָֽכוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Miżrayim, they go to Ashshur.


###### Hosea 7:12
[Hosea 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:12)

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵלֵ֗כוּ אֶפְר֤וֹשׂ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י כְּע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם אוֹרִידֵ֑ם אַיְסִירֵ֕ם כְּשֵׁ֖מַע לַעֲדָתָֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky; I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.


###### Hosea 7:13
[Hosea 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:13)

א֤וֹי לָהֶם֙ כִּֽי־נָדְד֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נִּי שֹׁ֥ד לָהֶ֖ם כִּי־פָ֣שְׁעוּ בִ֑י וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶפְדֵּ֔ם וְהֵ֕מָּה דִּבְּר֥וּ עָלַ֖י כְּזָבִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: I would have redeemed them, but they have spoken lies against me.


###### Hosea 7:14
[Hosea 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:14)

וְלֹא־זָעֲק֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בְּלִבָּ֔ם כִּ֥י יְיֵלִ֖ילוּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם עַל־דָּגָ֧ן וְתִיר֛וֹשׁ יִתְגּוֹרָ֖רוּ יָס֥וּרוּ בִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they have not cried to me with their heart, though they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.


###### Hosea 7:15
[Hosea 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:15)

וַאֲנִ֣י יִסַּ֔רְתִּי חִזַּ֖קְתִּי זְרוֹעֹתָ֑ם וְאֵלַ֖י יְחַשְּׁבוּ־רָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though I have trained them and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.


###### Hosea 7:16
[Hosea 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/7:16)

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ**׀** לֹ֣א עָ֗ל הָיוּ֙ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּ֔ה יִפְּל֥וּ בַחֶ֛רֶב שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם מִזַּ֣עַם לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם ז֥וֹ לַעְגָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They turn to them, but to no avail: 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 Miżrayim.