{
    "translation": "Basic English Bible",
    "abbreviation": "basicenglish",
    "lang": "en",
    "language": "English",
    "direction": "LTR",
    "encoding": "",
    "book_nr": 28,
    "book_name": "Hosea",
    "chapter": 7,
    "name": "Hosea 7",
    "verses": [
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 1,
            "name": "Hosea 7:1",
            "text": "When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 2,
            "name": "Hosea 7:2",
            "text": "And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 3,
            "name": "Hosea 7:3",
            "text": "In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 4,
            "name": "Hosea 7:4",
            "text": "They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 5,
            "name": "Hosea 7:5",
            "text": "On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 6,
            "name": "Hosea 7:6",
            "text": "For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 7,
            "name": "Hosea 7:7",
            "text": "They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 8,
            "name": "Hosea 7:8",
            "text": "Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 9,
            "name": "Hosea 7:9",
            "text": "Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 10,
            "name": "Hosea 7:10",
            "text": "And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 11,
            "name": "Hosea 7:11",
            "text": "And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 12,
            "name": "Hosea 7:12",
            "text": "When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 13,
            "name": "Hosea 7:13",
            "text": "May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 14,
            "name": "Hosea 7:14",
            "text": "And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 15,
            "name": "Hosea 7:15",
            "text": "Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 7,
            "verse": 16,
            "name": "Hosea 7:16",
            "text": "They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them."
        }
    ]
}