All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me

Hosea 7:1-7

whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets, but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.

They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.

Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

At court, it is the same. Kings fall at the hands of hot-hearts and conspirators.

Why?

The Lord sees what his people did the sins, even God likes to heal Israel, but their crimes were revealed.

Man did evil and they do not realize that God remember all their evil deeds.

All their kings fall, and none of them calls on the Lord. So the Lord is sad and angry with their deed. The consequence is their crimes like flaming fire burning themselves.

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第六章責備祭司

第七章責備君王、百姓，都在巴結，百姓巴結有權勢者，君王巴結強國。最強的國是耶和華。他們國中卻無一人尋求神。他們對罪不敏感，人根本不認為自己有罪，上司會照顧我就好了。方法是說謊，對神卻不忠！

對人說的話，好像討人喜悅，諂媚如火爐，使他們長官也陷入火中，害死他們。人不按正規方式求醫吃藥，卻偏要去找密方。

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How?

Be aware of what I am doing and what I am thinking. Be humble before the Lord!