Hosea 7

²They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness.

³They make the king glad with their wickedness,

⁴They are all adulterers.

⁵On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine.

⁶For they have prepared their heart like an oven,

⁷They are all hot as an oven,

⁸Ephraim mixes himself among the nations.

⁹Strangers have devoured his strength,

¹⁰The pride of Israel testifies to his face;

¹¹“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.

¹²When they go, I will spread my net on them.

¹³Woe to them!

¹⁴They haven’t cried to me with their heart,

¹⁵Though I have taught and strengthened their arms,

¹⁶They return, but not to the Most High.