Hosea 7:1

when I would have healed Yisroel, 1 then the avon (iniquity) of Ephrayim was exposed, 1 and the ra'ot (crimes) of Shomron; 1 for they practice sheker; 1 and the ganav intrudes, 1 and the bandit robs bachutz (in the street). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And they consider not in their levavot 1 that I remember all their ra'ah; 1 now their own evil doings surround them; 1 they are before My face. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:12Because peysha'einu (our rebellions) have multiplied before Thee, 1 and chattoteinu (our sins) testify against us; 1 for peysha'einu are still with us; 1 and as for avonoteinu (our iniquities), we acknowledge them: 1

Isaiah 59:14And mishpat (justice) is turned back, 1 and tzedakah (righteousness) standeth afar off; 1 for emes (truth) is fallen in the rechov (street), 1 and nacho'ach (honesty) cannot enter. 1

Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Bavel, 1 but she cannot be healed; 1 forsake her, and let us go every ish into his own country; 1 for her mishpat reacheth unto Shomayim, 1 and is lifted up even to the skies. 1

Ezekiel 23:4And the shmot of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholivah her achot; and they were Mine, and they bore banim and banot. Thus were their shmot: Shomron is Oholah, and Yerushalayim Oholivah.

Hosea 4:17Ephrayim + 4:17 i.e., the Northern Kingdom, Israel is joined to atzabim (idols); 1 leave him alone. 1

Hosea 6:4O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? 1 O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? 1 For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:1

In this chapter we have, I. A general charge drawn up against Israel for those high crimes and misdemeanors by which they had obstructed the course of God's favours to them, ver. 1, 2 . II. A particular accusation, 1. Of the court—the king, princes, and judges, ver. 3-7 . 2. Of the country. Ephraim is here charged with conforming to the nations ( ver. 8 ), senselessness and stupidity under the judgments of God ( ver. 9-11 ), ingratitude to God for his mercies ( ver. 13 ), incorrigibleness under his judgments (… Read the whole commentary →

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