Hosea 7:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ They are all like hot ovens.
    They destroyed their rulers.
All their kings fell.
    Not one of them called to me for help.

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.