Hosea 7:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ The people of Ephraim mix with the nations.
    They are like a thin loaf of bread
    that is baked on only one side.
⁹ People from other lands make them weaker and weaker.
    But they don’t realize it.
Their hair is becoming gray.
    But they don’t even notice it.
¹⁰ The pride of Israel proves that they are guilty.
    But in spite of everything,
they don’t return to the Lord their God.
    They don’t go to him for help.