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Acts 6:1-7 | the Desperate Need for You

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            <div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">whenever I would heal Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">the sins of Ephraim are exposed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">and the crimes of Samaria revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">They practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">thieves break into houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">bandits rob in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but they do not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">that I remember all their evil deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">Their sins engulf them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">they are always before me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They delight the king with their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">the princes with their lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">burning like an oven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">whose fire the baker need not stir</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">from the kneading of the dough till it rises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the day of the festival of our king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">the princes become inflamed with wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">and he joins hands with the mockers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their hearts are like an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">they approach him with intrigue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">Their passion smolders all night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All of them are hot as an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">they devour their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">All their kings fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">and none of them calls on me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim mixes with the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Foreigners sap his strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not realize it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">His hair is sprinkled with gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not notice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">but despite all this</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">he does not return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">or search for him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim is like a dove,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">easily deceived and senseless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now calling to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now turning to Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they go, I will throw my net over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">When I hear them flocking together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will catch them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Woe to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have strayed from me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">Destruction to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">I long to redeem them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">but they speak about me falsely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They do not cry out to me from their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but wail on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">They slash themselves,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">They gather together</span></span></span><span class="content"> appealing to their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">for grain and new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but they turn away from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I trained them and strengthened their arms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">but they plot evil against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They do not turn to the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">they are like a faulty bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">Their leaders will fall by the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">because of their insolent words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">For this they will be ridiculed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">in the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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