Oseas 7:1-10

1 cuando sane yo a Israel,la perversidad de Efraín y la maldad de Samariaquedarán al descubierto.Porque ellos cometen fraudes;mientras el ladrón se mete en las casas,una banda de salteadores roba en las calles.

2 No se ponen a pensarque yo tomo en cuenta todas sus maldades.Sus malas acciones los tienen cercados,y las tengo muy presentes.

3 »Con su maldad deleitan al rey;con sus mentiras, a las autoridades.

4 Parecen un horno encendidocuyo fuego no hace falta atizardesde que el panadero prepara la harinahasta que la masa fermenta.¡Todos ellos son adúlteros!

5 En la fiesta del rey las autoridades se enciendenbajo los efectos del vino,y el rey pierde su dignidadcodeándose con la plebe.

6 Como el horno, se les prende el corazón,dispuesto para la intriga.Su ira se adormece por la noche,pero se reaviva por la mañana.

7 Todos ellos arden como un horno;devoran a sus gobernantes.Caen todos sus reyes,pero ninguno de ellos me invoca.

8 »Efraín se mezcla con las naciones;parece una torta cocida de un solo lado.

9 Los extranjeros le minan las fuerzas,pero él ni cuenta se da.Su pelo se ha encanecido,pero él ni cuenta se da.

10 La arrogancia de Israel testifica en su contra,pero él no se vuelve al SEÑOR su Dios;a pesar de todo esto, no lo busca.

Oseas 7:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 7

This chapter either begins a new sermon, discourse, or prophecy, or it is a continuation of the former; at least it seems to be of the same argument with the latter part of it, only it is directed to Israel alone; and consists of complaints against them because of their manifold sins, and of denunciations of punishment for them. They are charged with ingratitude to God, sinning in a daring manner against mercy, and with falsehood, thefts, and robberies, Ho 7:1; with want of consideration of the omniscience of God, and his notice of their sins, which surrounded them, Ho 7:2; with flattery to their king and princes, Ho 7:3; with adultery, which lust raged in them like a heated oven, Ho 7:4; with drunkenness, aggravated by drawing their king into it, Ho 7:5; with raging lusts, which devoured their judges, made their kings to fall, and brought on such a general corruption, that there were none that called upon the Lord, Ho 7:6,7; with mixing themselves with the nations of the earth, and so learning their ways, and bringing their superstition and idolatry into the worship of God, so that they were nothing in religion, like a half baked cake, Ho 7:8; with stupidity and insensibility of their declining state, Ho 7:9; with pride, impenitence, and stubbornness, Ho 7:10; with folly, in seeking to Egypt and Assyria for help, and not to the Lord; for which they would be taken as birds in a net, and sorely chastised, Ho 7:11,12; with ingratitude, hypocrisy, and deceitfulness; for all which they are threatened with destruction, Ho 7:13-16.