Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Hosea 7
¹¹ "Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense-- They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.
¹² Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard.
¹³ "Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
¹⁴ They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. "They assemble together for
¹⁵ Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;
¹⁶ They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 8
¹ "Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
² Israel will cry to Me, ’My God, we know You!’
³ Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.
⁴ "They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves-- That they might be cut off.
⁵ Your calf is rejected, O Samaria! My anger is aroused against them-- How long until they attain to innocence?