Oséias 7

1Whenever I want to heal Israel, 2They do not realize in their hearts 3With their evil they make the king glad, 4They are all adulterers, 5On the day of our king the officials made themselves sick with the heat of wine. 6For with hearts like an oven, 7They all are as hot as an oven, 8Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples. 9Foreigners have devoured his strength, 10The pride of Israel testifies against him; 11Ephraim is like a dove, gullible and without sense, 12When they go, I will spread my net over them, 13Woe to them! 14They have not cried to me with all their heart, Instead of They gather together , which the Hebrew text has, some ancient copies and many modern versions have They cut themselves , an allusion to the pagan custom of idol worshipers wounding themselves in the frenzy of prayer. 15Though I trained them and strengthened their arms,