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…

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 7:2 (KJV) Context…

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. Hosea 7:3 (KJV) Context Hosea prophesied to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the eighth century…

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 7:4 (KJV) Context The…

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.…

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. Hosea 7:7 (KJV) Context…

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Hosea 7:8 (KJV) Context The book of Hosea records the prophet’s message to the Northern Kingdom…

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. Hosea 7:10 (KJV) Context Hosea…

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. Hosea 7:9 (KJV) Context The book of…

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath…