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Hosea 7:7

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All these people are as hot as an oven; they burn up their rulers. All their kings fall, and no one calls on me.

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This happened during Asa’s third year as king of Judah, and Baasha became the next king of Israel.

When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the palace and set it on fire, burning the palace and himself with it.

Omri’s followers were stronger than the followers of Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king.

Then Jehu said, “Take them alive!” So they captured Ahaziah’s relatives alive and killed them at the well near Beth Eked—forty-two of them. Jehu did not leave anyone alive.

When the leaders received the letter, they took the king’s sons and killed all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

Shallum son of Jabesh made plans against Zechariah and killed him in front of the people. Then Shallum became king in his place.

Then Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria. He killed him and became king in Shallum’s place.

Pekah son of Remaliah was one of Pekahiah’s captains, and he made plans against Pekahiah. He took fifty men of Gilead with him and killed Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in the palace at Samaria. Then Pekah became king in Pekahiah’s place.

Then Hoshea son of Elah made plans against Pekah son of Remaliah and attacked and killed him. Then Hoshea became king in Pekah’s place during the twentieth year Jotham son of Uzziah was king.

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between his shoulders. The arrow went through Joram’s heart, and he fell down in his chariot.

He said to them, “Throw her down.” So they threw Jezebel down, and the horses ran over her. Some of her blood splashed on the wall and on the horses.

“Those who have wicked hearts hold on to anger. Even when God punishes them, they do not cry for help.

Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask the Lord for help.

“People of Jacob, you have not called to me; people of Israel, you have become tired of me.

From long ago no one has ever heard of a God like you. No one has ever seen a God besides you, who helps the people who trust you.

All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away.

No one worships you or even asks you to help us. That is because you have turned away from us and have let our sins destroy us.

But the people did not return to the one who had struck them; they did not follow the Lord All-Powerful.

“I looked for someone to build up the walls and to stand before me where the walls are broken to defend these people so I would not have to destroy them. But I could not find anyone.

All this disaster came to us just as it is written in the Teachings of Moses. But we have not pleaded with the Lord our God. We have not stopped sinning. We have not paid attention to your truth.

What good is your king? Can he save you in any of your towns? What good are your leaders? You said, ‘Give us a king and leaders.’

Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me.”

Israel’s pride will cause their defeat; they will not turn back to the Lord their God or look to him for help in all this.

They do not call to me from their hearts. They just lie on their beds and cry. They come together to ask for grain and new wine, but they really turn away from me.

They chose their own kings without asking my permission. They chose their own leaders, people I did not know. They made their silver and gold into idols, and for all this they will be destroyed.

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.




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