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The Book of Hosea, Chapter 7, Verse 1

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Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
King James Version
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.
American Standard Version
When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.
New English Translation
whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
World English Bible
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
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And they consider not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
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Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
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Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.