Rotherham - Hosea - 7

7:1  When I would have brought healing to Israel, then was disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim, and the wicked doings of Samaria, for they have wrought falsehood,—when, a thief, would enter, a band roamed about, outside,

7:2  And they say not to their own hearts, that, all their wickedness, I remember, now, have their doings, beset them about, right before my face, have they been done.

7:3  By their wickedness, they gladden a king, and, by their flatteries,—rulers.

7:4  They all, are adulterers, like an oven too hot for the baker,—who leaveth off stoking, after kneading the dough, till the whole be leavened.

7:5  In the day of our king, the rulers, have made themselves ill, with the heat of wine,—he hath extended his hand with scoffers.

7:6  For they have made ready, like an oven, their heart, by their lying in wait,—all the night, their baker sleepeth, in the morning, he, kindleth up as it were a blazing fire.

7:7  They all, become hot as an oven, and devour their judges,—all their kings, have fallen, there hath been none among them crying unto me.

7:8  As for Ephraim! with the peoples, hath he been mingling himself,—Ephraim, is a cake not turned.

7:9  Foreigners have, eaten up, his strength, and, he, knoweth it not,—even gray hairs, are sprinkled upon him, and, he, knoweth it not.

7:10  Therefore doth the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face; yet have they not returned unto Yahweh their God, nor have they sought him, in spite of all this!

7:11  So then, Ephraim, hath become, like a simple dove, having no understanding, on Egypt, have they called, to Assyria, have they gone,

7:12  Whithersoever they go, I will spread over them my net, like a bird of the heavens, will I bring them down, I will chastise them, by the time the report can reach the flock of them.

7:13  Woe to them! for they have taken flight from me, destruction to them! for they have transgressed against me,—when, I, would have ransomed them, then, they, spake—concerning me—falsehoods.

7:14  Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled against me.

7:15  When, I, had warned them, I strengthened their arm,—yet, against me, kept they on devising wickedness.

7:16  They would return—not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.