Verse 9

Hosea 7:9

Free Bible Version

9 Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn't even notice.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אָכְל֤וּ זָרִים֙ כֹּח֔/וֹ וְ/ה֖וּא לֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע גַּם שֵׂיבָה֙ זָ֣רְקָה בּ֔/וֹ וְ/ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יָדָֽע

English Translation

Strangers ate his strength, and he did not know; also, gray hair was scattered on him, and he did not know.

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Chapter 7 Context

1 when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They... Focus ↗

2 But they don't realize that I remember all of their wickedness. Their sins surround them and are alw... Focus ↗

3 They make their king happy with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. Focus ↗

4 All of them are adulterers, burning with lust like an oven whose fire stays hot, even though it is n... Focus ↗

5 On the king's birthday the princes drink so much they are sick, while he joins in with those who moc... Focus ↗

6 Their minds are fired up like an oven; they go to him with their plots. All through the night their... Focus ↗

7 All of them are as hot as a burning oven, and they exhaust their leaders. All of their kings have fa... Focus ↗

8 Ephraim mixes with the foreign nations; he is as useless as half-baked bread! Focus ↗

9 Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn...

10 Israel's pride testifies against him, but for all of this he still does not return to the Lord their... Focus ↗

11 Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria. Focus ↗

12 When they go I will throw my net over them; I will bring them down like wild birds. When I hear them... Focus ↗

13 What disaster is coming to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction is coming to them bec... Focus ↗

14 They do not cry out to me with sincere minds; instead they lie on their beds howling. They assemble... Focus ↗

15 I myself trained them and made them strong, but now they plot evil against me. Focus ↗

16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a useless bow. Their leaders will be killed by th... Focus ↗

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