Hosea 7:12-14

The Voice

¹²    But as they fly to others for help, I’ll throw My net over them.
        I’ll bring them down like birds out of the sky and punish them,
        as their congregation knows full well.

¹³    May they experience sorrow for wandering away from Me!
        May they be destroyed for the way they’ve rebelled against Me!
    I would like to buy them back from death,
        but they would just keep lying to Me and against Me.
¹⁴    They’re not sincere when they cry out to Me for help.
        They howl on their couches;
    Hoping a god will send grain to gather and wine to enjoy.
        They turn away from Me.