Bible

BASIC ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Old Testament 39 books
[ Genesis ] [ Exodus ] [ Leviticus ] [ Numbers ] [ Deuteronomy ] [ Joshua ] [ Judges ] [ Ruth ] [ 1 Samuel ] [ 2 Samuel ] [ 1 Kings ] [ 2 Kings ] [ 1 Chronicles ] [ 2 Chronicles ] [ Ezra ] [ Nehemiah ] [ Esther ] [ Job ] [ Psalms ] [ Proverbs ] [ Ecclesiastes ] [ Song of Solomon ] [ Isaiah ] [ Jeremiah ] [ Lamentations ] [ Ezekiel ] [ Daniel ] [ Hosea ] [ Joel ] [ Amos ] [ Obadiah ] [ Jonah ] [ Micah ] [ Nahum ] [ Habakkuk ] [ Zephaniah ] [ Haggai ] [ Zechariah ] [ Malachi ]

New Testament 25 books
[ Matthew ] [ Mark ] [ Luke ] [ John ] [ Acts ] [ Romans ] [ 1 Corinthians ] [ 2 Corinthians ] [ Galatians ] [ Ephesians ] [ Philippians ] [ Colossians ] [ 1 Thessalonians ] [ 2 Thessalonians ] [ 1 Timothy ] [ 2 Timothy ] [ Titus ] [ Philemon ] [ Hebrews ] [ James ] [ 1 Peter ] [ 2 Peter ] [ 1 John ] [ 2 John ] [ Revelation ]

Hosea 14 chapters
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

Hosea chapter 7 of 14 (16 verses)

Hosea 7:1 When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.

Hosea 7:2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.

Hosea 7:3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.

Hosea 7:4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.

Hosea 7:5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

Hosea 7:6 For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

Hosea 7:8 Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Hosea 7:9 Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.

Hosea 7:10 And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.

Hosea 7:11 And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Hosea 7:12 When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.

Hosea 7:13 May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

Hosea 7:14 And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.

Hosea 7:15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

Hosea 7:16 They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.