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Hosea 7:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
Hosea 7:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel and the Nations
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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:9 Gray hairs This word might describe something that was put on the food when people cooked, something that looked like gray hairs.
Hosea 7:8-10
New International Version
Hosea 7:8-10
New International Version
8 “Ephraim mixes(A) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(B)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(C)
but despite all this
he does not return(D) to the Lord his God
or search(E) for him.
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