Holy Scripture
Hosea 7:9
A church father on this verse
“"Foreigners have devoured his strength, and he knew it not. Yea, gray hairs also are spread upon him, and he is not aware of it." LXX: "strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not." The Assyrians and the Chaldeans have eaten up its strength,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew it not; and gray hairs came upon him, and he knew it not.
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7They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen; there was not among them one that called on me.
8Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.
— Hosea 7:9 —
10And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this.
11And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians.