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.
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.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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.
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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.
7 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.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10 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.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 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 heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

1When I would haue healed Israel, then the iniquitie of Ephraim was discouered, and the wickednesse of Samaria: for they commit falsehood: and the thiefe commeth in, and the troupe of robbers spoileth without.

2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember al their wickednesse: now their owne doings haue beset them about, they are before my face.

3They make the king glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.

4They are al adulterers, as an ouen heated by the baker: who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, vntill it be leauened.

5In the day of our King, the princes haue made him sicke with bottels of wine, he stretched out his hand with scorners.

6For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

7They are all hot as an ouen, and haue deuoured their Iudges; all their Kings are fallen, there is none among them that calleth vnto me.

8Ephraim, he hath mixed himselfe among the people, Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9Strangers haue deuoured his strength, and hee knoweth it not: yea, gray haires are here and there vpon him, yet he knoweth not.

10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face, and they doe not returne to the Lord their God, nor seeke him for all this.

11 Ephraim also is like a silly doue, without heart: they call to Egypt; they goe to Assyria.

12When they shall goe, I wil spread my net vpon them, I will bring them downe as the foules of the heauen: I will chastise them as their congregation hath heard.

13Woe vnto them, for they haue fled from me: destruction vnto them, because they haue transgressed against me, though I haue redeemed them, yet they haue spoken lies against me.

14And they haue not cryed vnto me with their heart, when they howled vpon their beds: they assemble themselues for corne and wine, and they rebell against me.

15Though I haue bound, and strengthened their armes, yet doe they imagine mischiefe against me.

16They returne, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

 

 

 

II == Ps 9:16

 

 

 

III == Rom 1:32

 

IV == Jer 9:2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII == 2nd Kings 15:10 , 25 , 30 ; Isa 64:7 ; Hos 8:4

VIII == Ps 106:35

IX == Hos 8:7

 

 

X == Isa 9:13 ; HOs 5:5

 

XI == 2nd Kings 15:19 ; 17:4 ; Hos 5:13 ; 9:3 ; 11:11 ; 12:1

XII == Lev 26:14 ; Deut 28:15 ; 2nd Kings 17:13 , 18 ; Ezek 12:13

 

 

 

XIII == Mic 6:4

XIV == Job 35:9-10 ; Ps 78:36 ; Jer 3:10 ; Zech 7:5

 

 

 

XVI == Ps 73:9 ; 78:57 ; Hos 9:3 , 6 ; 11:7

1 When I would bring about the restoration of my people, when I would heal Israel, The guilt of Ephraim stands out, the wickedness of Samaria; They practice falsehood, thieves break in, bandits plunder abroad.

2 Yet they do not remind themselves that I remember all their wickedness. Even now their crimes surround them, present to my sight.

3 In their wickedness they regale the king, the princes too, with their deceits.

4 They are all kindled to wrath like a blazing oven, Whose fire the baker desists from stirring once the dough is kneaded until it has risen.

5 On the day of our king, the princes are overcome with the heat of wine. He extends his hand among dissemblers;

6 the plotters approach with hearts like ovens. All the night their anger sleeps; in the morning it flares like a blazing fire.

7 They are all heated like ovens, and consume their rulers. All their kings have fallen; none of them calls upon me.

8 Ephraim mingles with the nations, Ephraim is a hearth cake unturned.

9 Strangers have sapped his strength, but he takes no notice of it; Of gray hairs, too, there is a sprinkling, but he takes no notice of it.

10 The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; yet they do not return to the LORD, their God, nor seek him, for all that.

11 Ephraim is like a dove, silly and senseless; They call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.

12 Even as they go I will spread my net around them, like birds in the air I will bring them down. In an instant I will send them captive from their land.

13 Woe to them, they have strayed from me! Ruin to them, they have sinned against me! Though I wished to redeem them, they spoke lies against me.

14 They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves, while they rebelled against me.

15 Though I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devised evil against me.

16 They have again become useless, like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongues; thus they shall be mocked in the land of Egypt.

v 1. The Lord’s willingness to restore the people started in 6:11 suddenly turns to disclosure of more wickedness of all kinds.

 

v 2-4. They failed to know God was observing them, and the rulers also failed.  They were so inflamed in both moral and spiritual adultery that they were like an oven heated, but bursting forth in great heat when fueled after the bread is raised. 

 

 

 

v 5-7. At a celebration the princes have made the king drunk and their own evils came forth as the heated oven in v 4. This murderous bunch assassinated four kings of Israel from 752-732 BC, and none of them called upon God. 2 Ki. 15.

 

 

 

v 8-10. Ephraim’s foreign policy was as worthless as the pancake type bread, familiar to them, when cooked till burned on one side but not turned and raw on the other, making it useless. Foreign alliances gradually drained her economy, but she did not recognize it nor repent and turn to God.

 

v 11,12. Ephraim was like a vacillating dove as they tried switching alliance from Assyria to a coalition to Assyria to Egypt, leading to destruction ordained by God.

 

 

v 13-16. This starts with woe, or doom, because they have rebelled against the Lord, even though He had redeemed them from Egypt. They would not call on God, but apparently cut their bodies as heathen did to petition false gods. A faulty bow is undependable and they also were. Enemies would overcome them by the sword, and they would be in derision by Egyptians from whom they sought help.