Hosea 7:16 - Prayer Tents

7when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.H7495H3478H5771H669H1540H7451H8111H6466H8267H1590H935H1416H6584H2351 2But they do not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them, they are before my face.H559H3824H2142H7451H4611H5437H6440 3By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the officials by their treachery.H4428H8055H7451H8269H3585 4They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven, whose baker does not need to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.H5003H8574H1197H644H7673H5782H3888H1217H2556 5On the day of our king the officials became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.H3117H4428H8269H2470H2534H3196H4900H3027H3945 6For they are kindled like an oven, their heart burns within them; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.H7126H3820H8574H693H644H3463H3915H1242H1197H3852H784 7All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen; none of them calls upon me.H2552H8574H398H8199H4428H5307H7121 8Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.H669H1101H5971H669H5692H2015 9Foreigners devour his strength, but he does not know it; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, but he does not know it.H2114H398H3581H3045H7872H2236H3045 10Israel's pride testifies against him; yet they do not return to the LORD their God, or seek him, for all this.H1347H3478H6030H6440H7725H3068H430H1245

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without sense; they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.H669H6601H3123H3820H7121H4714H1980H804 12As they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will discipline them according to the report made to their assembly.H3212H6566H7568H3381H5775H8064H3256H5712H8088 13Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.H188H5074H7701H6586H6299H1696H3577 14They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash themselves for grain and wine; they rebel against me.H2199H3820H3213H4904H1481H1715H8492H5493 15It was I who trained and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.H3256H2388H2220H2803H7451 16They turn to that which does not profit; they have become like a defective bow; their officials shall fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongue. So much for their babbling in the land of Egypt.H7725H5920H7423H7198H8269H5307H2719H2195H3956H2097H3933H776H4714