Oseas 7:1-9

1 Israel ama la perversidad
»Yo quiero sanar a Israel,
pero sus pecados son demasiado grandes.
Samaria está llena de mentirosos.
¡Hay ladrones adentro
y bandidos afuera!

2 La gente no se da cuenta
de que los estoy mirando.
Están cercados por sus acciones pecaminosas
y yo las veo todas.

3 »El pueblo entretiene al rey con sus perversidades
y los príncipes se ríen de todas las mentiras del pueblo.

4 Son todos adúlteros,
siempre ardiendo con pasión.
Son como un horno que se mantiene caliente
mientras el panadero prepara la masa.

5 Durante una fiesta del rey, los príncipes se emborrachan con vino,
y se entregan a la juerga con los que se burlan de ellos.

6 Sus corazones son como un horno
recalentado con intriga.
Sus maquinaciones humean
durante la noche
y por la mañana estallan en un incendio violento.

7 Como un horno ardiente,
consumen a sus líderes.
Matan a sus reyes uno tras otro,
y nadie clama a mí en busca de ayuda.

8 »El pueblo de Israel se mezcla con paganos de otras naciones,
¡y se vuelven tan inútiles como un pastel a medio cocer!

9 El rendir culto a dioses ajenos consume sus fuerzas,
pero ellos ni cuenta se dan.
Su cabello se ha encanecido
pero no se dan cuenta de que están viejos y débiles.

Oseas 7:1-9 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.