Self-interpreting Bible
Hosea 7
1Israel reproved for manifold sins. 11God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.
1 WHEN aI would have healed Israel, then bthe iniquity of Ephraim was *discovered, and the 1wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers 2spoileth *without.
- a: Je. 51:9 , Je. 17:14 , Mat. 23:37 , Lu. 19:42
- b: Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:2 , Ho. 4:7 - 12 , Ho. 4:15 , Ho. 5:1 , Ho. 6:10 , Mi. 2:1 - 3 , Mi. 3:1 - 3 , Mi. 7:1 - 6 , Isaiah 1 - 5 , Isaiah 28 , Is. 59:1 - 15
- *: discovered-uncovered, disclosed. , without-outside.
- 1: Heb. evils.
- 2: Heb. strippeth.
2 And they 3consider not in their hearts that cI remember all their wickedness: dnow their own doings have ebeset them about; they are fbefore my face.
3 gThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 hThey are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, 4who ceaseth 5from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be *leavened.
5 In ithe day of our king the princes have made him jsick with 6bottles of wine; he kstretched out his hand with scorners.
- i: 1Ki. 12:32 , 1Ki. 12:33 , Mat. 14:6 , Ge. 40:20
- j: Hab. 2:15 , Is. 28:1
- 6: Or, heat through wine.
- k: Ps. 1:1 , Pr. 13:20
6 For lthey have 7made 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.
7 They are all hot as an oven, mand have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: nthere is none among them that calleth unto me.
- m: 2Ki. 15:10 , 2Ki. 15:14 , 2Ki. 15:25 , 2Ki. 15:30 , 2 Kings 9
- n: Ho. 7:10 , Ho. 7:14 , Is. 9:13 , Is. 64:7 , Job 36:13
8 Ephraim, ohe hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is pa cake not turned.
9 qStrangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are 8here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
- q: 2Ki. 13:4 , 2Ki. 13:7 , 2Ki. 15:19 , 2Ki. 15:29 , Is. 42:25 , Is. 9:13 , Ho. 8:7
- 8: Heb. sprinkled.
10 And the rpride of Israel testifieth to his face: and sthey do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11 ¶Ephraim also is tlike a *silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
- t: Je. 2:11 , Je. 2:18 , Je. 2:30 , Eze. 16:30 , 2Ki. 15:9 , 2Ki. 15:16 , 2Ki. 17:3 , 2Ki. 17:4 , Is. 30:1 - 6 , Is. 31:1 - 3 , Ho. 5:13 , Ho. 8:9 , Ho. 12:1 , Ho. 9:3 , Ho. 14:3 , 2Ch. 28:16 , 2Ch. 28:24
- *: silly-simple, foolish.
12 When they shall go, uI will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I vwill chastise them, was their congregation hath heard.
- u: Ec. 9:12 , Eze. 12:13 , Eze. 17:20 , Je. 16:16 , Is. 24:17 , Is. 24:18
- v: Re. 3:19
- w: Leviticus 26 , Deuteronomy 27 - 32 , 2Ki. 17:13 , 2Ki. 17:14 , Je. 44:4
13 xWoe unto them! for they have fled from me: 9destruction unto them! ybecause they have transgressed against me: though zI have redeemed them, yet they have spoken alies against me.
- x: Ho. 9:12 , Ho. 5:13 , Is. 30:1 , La. 5:16 , Eze. 16:23 , Eze. 14:5 , Ho. 7:11
- 9: Heb. spoil.
- y: Is. 3:11 , Eze. 18:4
- z: Exodus 3 - 14 , Ju. 2:16 , 2Ki. 13:17 , 2Ki. 14:27 , Mi. 6:4
- a: Ho. 11:12 , Je. 5:11 , Je. 5:12 , Ps. 78:36 , Ro. 1:25 , Je. 44:17
14 And bthey have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: cthey assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15 dThough I have 10bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they eimagine mischief against me.
- d: Ju. 3:14 , Ju. 3:16 , Ps. 106:40 - 45 , 2Ki. 13:3 , 2Ki. 13:7 , 2Ki. 13:25 , 2Ki. 14:25
- 10: Or, chastened.
- e: Ho. 7:14 , Na. 1:9 , Na. 1:11 , Ps. 106:39 , Ge. 6:5 , Je. 17:9
16 fThey return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the grage of their tongue: this shall be their derision hin the land of Egypt.
- f: Ho. 11:7 , Ps. 78:57
- g: Ho. 7:13 , Ps. 73:9 , 1Ti. 1:20
- h: Ho. 9:3 , Ho. 9:6 , Ho. 8:13 , Eze. 36:20 , Eze. 23:32