Oséias 7:10-16

10 E a soberba de Israel testifica contra ele; todavia, não voltam para o Senhor seu Deus, nem o buscam em tudo isso.

11 Pois Efraim é como uma pomba, insensata, sem entendimento; invocam o Egito, vão para a Assíria.

12 Quando forem, sobre eles estenderei a minha rede, e como aves do céu os farei descer; castigá-los-ei, conforme o que eles têm ouvido na sua congregação.

13 Ai deles! porque se erraram de mim; destruição sobre eles! porque se rebelaram contra mim. Quisera eu remi-los, mas falam mentiras contra mim.

14 Não clamam a mim de coração, mas uivam nas suas camas; para o trigo e para o mosto se ajuntam, mas contra mim se rebelam.

15 Contudo fui eu que os ensinei, e lhes fortaleci os braços; entretanto maquinam o mal contra mim.

16 Eles voltam, mas não para o Altíssimo. Fizeram-se como um arco enganador; caem � espada os seus príncipes, por causa da insolência da sua língua; este será o seu escárnio na terra do Egito.

Oséias 7:10-16 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.