{"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/kjv/hosea/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:07:20.360Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, <i>and</i> the troop of robbers spoileth without."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they consider not in their hearts <i>that</i> I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; 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 <i>are</i> all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, <i>who</i> ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"In the day of our king the princes have made <i>him</i> sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: <i>there is</i> none among them that calleth unto me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth <i>it</i> not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, <i>and</i> they rebel against me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Though I have bound <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They return, <i>but</i> 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 <i>shall be</i> their derision in the land of Egypt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 7 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 7](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}