--- title: "Hosea 7 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Hosea 7 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief co" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/7" --- [ Read](/kjv/hosea/7)[ Commentary](/study/hosea/7)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/hosea/7) Audio 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, *and* the troop of robbers spoileth without.** 2 And they consider not in their hearts *that* I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.* 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They *are* all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, *who* ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.** 5 In the day of our king the princes have made *him* sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.* 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.* 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: *there is* none among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth *it* not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.* 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 ΒΆ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.* 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, *and* they rebel against me. 15 Though I have bound *and* strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.* 16 They return, *but* not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this *shall be* their derision in the land of Egypt. [Hosea 6](/study/hosea/6) [Hosea 8](/study/hosea/8) ## Commentary To verse 1 **I would:** [Jeremiah 51:9](/kjv/jeremiah/51/9), [Matthew 23:37](/kjv/matthew/23/37), [Luke 13:34](/kjv/luke/13/34), [Luke 19:42](/kjv/luke/19/42) **the iniquity:** [Hosea 4:17](/kjv/hosea/4/17), [Hosea 6:8](/kjv/hosea/6/8), [Hosea 8:9](/kjv/hosea/8/9), [Isaiah 28:1](/kjv/isaiah/28/1), [Micah 6:16](/kjv/micah/6/16) **wickedness:** Heb. evils, [Hosea 8:5](/kjv/hosea/8/5), [Hosea 10:5](/kjv/hosea/10/5), [Ezekiel 16:46](/kjv/ezekiel/16/46), [Ezekiel 23:4](/kjv/ezekiel/23/4), [Amos 8:14](/kjv/amos/8/14) **they commit:** [Hosea 5:1](/kjv/hosea/5/1), [Hosea 6:10](/kjv/hosea/6/10), [Hosea 11:12](/kjv/hosea/11/12), [Hosea 12:1](/kjv/hosea/12/1), [Isaiah 59:12](/kjv/isaiah/59/12), [Jeremiah 9:2-6](/kjv/jeremiah/9/2-6), [Micah 7:3-7](/kjv/micah/7/3-7) **the troop:** [Hosea 6:9](/kjv/hosea/6/9) **spoileth:** Heb. strippeth **Reciprocal:** [Exodus 22:2](/kjv/exodus/22/2) - breaking [Deuteronomy 33:17](/kjv/deuteronomy/33/17) - the ten thousands [Jeremiah 33:6](/kjv/jeremiah/33/6) - I will bring [Ezekiel 16:57](/kjv/ezekiel/16/57) - thy wickedness [Ezekiel 22:27](/kjv/ezekiel/22/27) - princes [Ezekiel 23:18](/kjv/ezekiel/23/18) - discovered [Ezekiel 24:13](/kjv/ezekiel/24/13) - because [Hosea 11:3](/kjv/hosea/11/3) - I healed [Micah 1:5](/kjv/micah/1/5) - is it [Micah 6:12](/kjv/micah/6/12) - spoken [John 10:10](/kjv/john/10/10) - thief [Ephesians 5:13](/kjv/ephesians/5/13) - reproved ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/7#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/7#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/7","name":"Hosea 7 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/7#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Hosea 7 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; 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