Hosea 7:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶Their anger is a fire
that smolders all night,
    then flares up at dawn.
⁷They are flames
    destroying their leaders.
And their kings are powerless;
    none of them trust me.

⁸The people of Israel^[a]
have mixed with foreigners;
they are a thin piece of bread
scorched on one side.

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Footnotes

7.8 Israel: Hebrew “Ephraim” (see the note at 4.17).

Hosea 7:6-8

New International Version

⁶Their hearts are like an oven;^(A)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
⁷All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,^(B)
    and none of them calls^(C) on me.