Hosea 7:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ All ·these people [^Lof them] are as hot as an oven;
    they ·burn up [consume; devour] their rulers.
All their kings fall,
    and no one calls on me.

⁸ “·Israel [^LEphraim; 4:17] mixes with other nations;
    he is like a ·pancake [cake; flat loaf] ·cooked only on one side [or burned on one side; ^Lnot turned].
⁹ ·Foreign nations [Strangers; Foreigners] have ·eaten up [devoured; sapped] his strength,
    but he doesn’t know it.
·Israel is weak and feeble, like an old man [^LGrey hair is scattered on him],
    but he doesn’t know it.