Hosea 7:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ “Ephraim mixes with the nations.
    Ephraim is like a cake that was not cooked on both sides.
⁹ Strangers destroy Ephraim’s strength,
    but Ephraim does not know it.
Gray hairs^[a] are also sprinkled on Ephraim,
    but Ephraim does not know it.
¹⁰ Ephraim’s pride speaks against him.
    The people had many troubles,
but they still didn’t go back to the Lord their God.
    They didn’t look to him for help.