Hosea 7:2

7:2 They do not realize ¹ 

that I remember all of their wicked deeds.

Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;

their sinful deeds are always before me. ² 

Hosea 9:16

9:16 Ephraim will be struck down ³  –

their root will be dried up;

they will not yield any fruit.

Even if they do bear children,

I will kill their precious offspring.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and they do not say in their heart”; TEV “It never enters their heads.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “they [the sinful deeds] are before my face” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “they are right in front of me.”

[9:16]  ³ tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).