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Hosea 7:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth "
Hosea 7:9
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They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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Hosea 7:1
"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, and the troop of robbers spoileth without."
Hosea 7:2
"And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face."
Hosea 7:3
"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."
Hosea 7:4
"They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."
Hosea 7:5
"In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners."
Hosea 7:6
"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."
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