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What does Hosea 7:1 mean?

"When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside."

— Hosea 7:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

2

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. 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. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

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