Hosea 7
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When I would heal Israel,
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They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness.
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They make the king glad with their wickedness,
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They are all adulterers.
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On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine.
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For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
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They are all hot as an oven,
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Ephraim mixes himself among the nations.
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Strangers have devoured his strength,
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The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
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“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.
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When they go, I will spread my net on them.
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Woe to them!
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They haven’t cried to me with their heart,
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Though I have taught and strengthened their arms,
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They return, but not to the Most High.