Hosea 7:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² They go to those countries for help,
    but I will trap them.
I will throw my net over them,
    and I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
    I will punish them for their agreements.^[a]
13 It will be very bad for those who left me.
    They refused to obey me, so they will be destroyed.
I saved them,
    but they speak lies against me.
¹⁴ They never call to me from their hearts.
    Yes, they cry on their beds.
And they cut themselves when they ask for grain and new wine.
    But in their hearts, they have turned away from me.