Hosea 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 14

¹ When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the evil of Samaria. For they have worked falsehood; and a thief comes; a troop of robbers plunders outside.

² And they do not say within their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their own doings have turned about them; they are before My face.

³ They make the king glad with their evil, and the rulers with their lies.

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Chapter Summary

A reproof of manifold sins.

Key Hebrew Words

רָפָא heal H7495 · TWOT 2196

רָעָה evil, wickedness H7451 · TWOT 2191c

תַּנּוּר oven H8574 · TWOT 2526

כָּזָב lies H3577 · TWOT 970a

פָּדָה redeem, ransom H6299 · TWOT 1734

שׁוּב turn back, return H7725 · TWOT 2340

People & Context

Ephraim

The northern tribe whose iniquity is uncovered; a half-baked cake mixing with the nations, a silly dove flitting to Egypt and Assyria

Israel

The nation Jehovah would heal; its pride testifies against it, yet it will not return to Jehovah

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