unfoldingWord_en_tn/hos/07/01.md

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Yahweh is speaking.

I want to heal Israel

This healing is not physical but is spiritual. God wants to repair the relationship between God and Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

for they practice deceit

The people are selling and buying products dishonestly. (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

marauding band

This is a group of people who are attacking other people at will and without cause. (UDB)

they are before my face

(UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)