New Living Translation (NLT)
Hosea 6
10 Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
11 “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
Hosea 7
1 “I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. Samaria is filled with liars. Thieves are on the inside and bandits on the outside!
2 Its people don’t realize that I am watching them. Their sinful deeds are all around them, and I see them all.
3 “The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.
4 They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot while the baker is kneading the dough.
5 On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine, carousing with those who mock them.
6 Their hearts are like an oven blazing with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.
7 Burning like an oven, they consume their leaders. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries to me for help.
8 “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
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