Hosea 7

kerofi leyisra'el veniglah avon efrayim vera'ot shomeron ki fa'alu shaqer vegannav yavo pashat gedud bakhuts

When I would heal Israel, The guilt of Ephraim reveals itself And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have acted treacherously, With thieves breaking in And bands raiding outside.

uval-yomeru lilvavam kol-ra'atam zakhareti attah sevavum ma'allehem neged panay hayu

And they do not consider That I remembered all their wickedness. Why, their misdeeds have been all around them, They have been ever before Me.

bera'atam yesammekhu-melekh uvekhakhashehem sarim

In malice they make a king merry, And officials in treachery.

kullam mena'afim kemo tannur bo'erah me'ofeh yishbot me'ir millush batseq ad-khumtsato

They commit adultery, all of them, Like an oven fired by a baker, Who desists from stoking only From the kneading of the dough to its leavening.

yom malkenu hekhelu sarim khamat miyyayin mashakh yado et-lotsetsim

The day they made our king sick [And] officials with the poison of wine, He gave his hand to traitors.

ki-qerevu khattannur libbam be'orbam kol-hallaylah yashen ofehem boqer hu vo'er ke'esh lehavah

For they approach their ambush With their hearts like an oven: Through the night Their baker has slept; In the morning, it flares up Like a blazing fire.

kullam yekhammu kattannur ve'okhlu et-shofetehem kol-malkhehem nafalu en-qore vahem elay

They all get heated like an oven And devour their rulers— None of them calls to Me. All their kings have fallen [by their hand].

efrayim ba'ammim hu yitbolal efrayim hayah ugah beli hafukhah

Ephraim is among the peoples; He is rotting away. Ephraim is like a cake— Incapable of turning.

okhlu zarim kokho vehu lo yada gam-sevah zareqah bo vehu lo yada

Strangers have consumed his strength, But he has taken no notice; Also, mold is scattered over him, But he has taken no notice.

ve'anah ge'on-yisra'el befanayw velo-shavu el-Adonai elohehem velo viqshuhu bekhol-zot

Though Israel’s pride has been humbled Before his very eyes, They have not turned back To their God the ETERNAL One— Whom they have not sought Despite everything.

vayehi efrayim keyonah fotah en lev mitsrayim qara'u ashur halakhu

Instead, Ephraim has acted Like a silly dove with no mind: They have appealed to Egypt! They have gone to Assyria!

ka'asher yelekhu efros alehem rishti ke'of hashamayim oridem aysirem keshema la'adatam

When they go, I will spread My net over them, I will bring them down Like birds of the sky; I will chastise them When I hear their bargaining.

oy lahem ki-nadedu mimmenni shod lahem ki-fashe'u vi ve'anokhi efdem vehemmah dibberu alay kezavim

Woe to them For straying from Me; Destruction to them For rebelling against Me! For I was their Redeemer; Yet they have plotted treason against Me.

velo-za'aqu elay belibbam ki yeyelilu al-mishkevotam al-dagan vetirosh yitgoraru yasuru vi

But they did not cry out to Me sincerely As they lay wailing. They debauch over new grain and new wine, They are faithless to Me.

va'ani yissarti khizzaqti zero'otam ve'elay yekhashevu-ra

I braced, I strengthened their arms, And they plot evil against Me!

yashuvu lo al hayu keqeshet remiyyah yippelu vakherev sarehem mizza'am leshonam zo lagam be'erets mitsrayim

They come back; They have been of no use, Like a slack bow. Their officers shall fall by the sword, Because of the stammering of their tongues. Such shall be [the results of] their jabbering In the land of Egypt.