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Text -- Hosea 7:1-10 (NET)
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7:1 whenever I want to heal Israel , the sin of Ephraim is revealed , and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong ; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets .
7:2 They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds . Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace
7:3 The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes , the princes make him glad with their lies .
7:4 They are all like bakers , they are like a smoldering oven ; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking .
7:5 At the celebration of their king , his princes become inflamed with wine ; they conspire with evildoers .
7:6 They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven ; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire .
7:7 All of them are blazing like an oven ; they devour their rulers . All of their kings fall – and none of them call on me!
Israel Lacks Discernment and Refuses to Repent
7:8 Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations ; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.
7:9 Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair , but he does not realize it!
7:10 The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God ! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sin |
BAKE |
Oven |
Bread |
Godlessness |
Wicked |
Associations |
Wine |
Baker |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Dough |
Cooking |
Confidence |
Character |
Adultery |
Drunkeess |
Prayerlessness |
Scoffing |
Temptation |
Yeast |
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