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Introduction to Hosea 7:1: Healing Interrupted by Revelation of Guilt Hosea 7:1 opens with what appears to be a hopeful note: YHWH is preparing to heal Yisra’el. However, the moment of healing is immediately inverted—Ephrayim’s guilt is “uncovered,” and the sins of Shomeron (Samaria) are laid bare. The verse develops through complex syntactic dissonance: a waw-consecutive structure that resists chronological simplicity and instead communicates divine frustration. This article explores the grammar of contrast between the intention to heal and the simultaneous exposure of rebellion through a careful analysis of verbal forms and the embedded theology of revelation and corruption.… Learn Hebrew