{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:53:09.817Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers assaileth without."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring the fire after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 7 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 7](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/7 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}