Oseas 7:5-15

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.

11 »Efraín es como una palomatorpe y sin entendimiento,que unas veces pide ayuda a Egiptoy otras, recurre a Asiria.

12 Pero tan pronto como lo hagan,lanzaré mi red sobre ellos;los derribaré como a las aves del cielo,¡siete veces los castigaré por sus pecados!^[a]

13 ¡Ay de ellos, que de mí se alejaron!¡Que sean destruidos por rebelarse contra mí!Yo bien podría redimirlos,pero ellos no me hablan con la verdad.

14 No me invocan de corazón,sino que se lamentan echados en sus camas.Para obtener grano y vino nuevo se laceran^[b]y se ponen en mi contra.

15 Yo adiestré y fortalecí sus brazos,pero ellos maquinan maldades contra mí.

Oseas 7:5-15 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. "siete veces " "… " "por sus pecados " (lectura probable); "según la noticia a su asamblea " (TM).
• [b]. "se laceran " (mss. hebreos y LXX); "residen como extranjeros " (TM).