will be exposed.
For they practice fraud;7:1 Hs 4:2
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.7:1 Hs 6:9
they are right in front of my face.
Israel’s Corruption
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5On the day of our king,
there is a conspiracy with traitors.7:5 Lit wine — he stretches out his hand to scorners; Hb obscure
6For they — their hearts like an oven —
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
and they consume their rulers.7:7 Hs 13:10
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on me.7:3–7 These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.
8Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
but he does not notice.7:9 Hs 4:6
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.
yet they do not return to the Lord their God,7:10 Hs 5:4
and for all this, they do not seek him.
I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
I will discipline them in accordance
with the news that reaches7:12 Lit news to their assembly.
The Lord’s Second Lament
destruction to them, for they rebelled against me!
they speak lies against me.
14They do not cry to me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves7:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay7:14 1Kg 18:28 for grain and new wine;7:14 Am 2:8
they turn away from me.
but they plot evil against me.7:15 Nah 1:9
16They turn, but not to what is above;7:16 Some emend to turn to what is useless
they are like a faulty bow.7:16 Ps 78:57
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent tongue.7:16 Ps 12:3–4; 17:10; Dn 7:25; Mal 3:13–14
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.7:16 Ezk 23:32
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