Hosea 7:1-3

Easy-to-Read Version

7 “I will heal Israel!
    Then people will know that Ephraim sinned.
They will know about Samaria’s^[a] lies.
    They will know about the thieves who come and go in that town.
² They don’t believe that I will remember their crimes.
    The bad things they did are all around.
    I can see their sins clearly.
³ Their evil makes their king happy.
    Their false gods please their leaders.