13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (A)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
14 (B)They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They [a]assemble together for grain and new (C)wine,
[b]They rebel against Me;
15 Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me;

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. thought upon; LXX slashed themselves for (cf. 1 Kin. 18:28)
  2. Hosea 7:14 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX omits They rebel against Me; Vg. They departed from Me

13 Woe(A) to them,
    because they have strayed(B) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me(C) falsely.(D)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(E)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(F)
    but they turn away from me.(G)
15 I trained(H) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(I) against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together