"The thief comes inside. Bandits raid (pashat - strip the people bare and cause destruction) outside (chuts). They do not consider in their hearts (lebab - inner man, mind, and soul) that I will remember their deeds and those who associate with them (ra’ah). Now their exploits surround and encircle them." (Hosea 7:1-2)

"With their wicked assemblies (ra’ah - evil organizations) they cause the ruler to be elated and arrogant (samach - to rejoice from being intoxicated), and also their princes (sarar - superintendents, administrative overseers, people with implied authority, governors, officers and officials) with their lies (kachash - spoken untruths, deceptions, that which does not conform to reality, delusions, errant opinions, deceit, and rebellion)." (Hosea 7:3)

"They are all unfaithful people (na’aph - adulterers who violate the sanctity and purpose of the marriage relationship) . They are like an oven used for cooking bread kindled by the baker, who ceases to stir it up (sabat uwr - takes an intermission from being diligent and alert, rests from rousing, puts a stop to awakening, is ill-prepared to be lifted up) and stops the kneading (lush - manipulating, pressing and rolling with our hands) of the dough (batseq - grain flour mixed with water) before it is seasoned and ready to rise (chamuts - leavened, worked until it is prepared, glowing and brilliant)." (Hosea 7:4)

"On the day our ruler celebrates, the governmental officers and administrators become afflicted (chalah - become ill, diseased, weak, sick, internally wounded) with the rage (chema - anger, wrath, fury, hostility, antagonism, poison, displeasure, and indignation) of being intoxicated with alcohol. He stretched out and raised his hand (yad - hand; source of power) with scoffers (lilith - demonic monsters of the night, those who scorn, scoff, deride, interpret, mediate, and mock), for their hearts (leb - inner man, mind and understanding, heart and soul, knowledge and thinking, reflections and memories, inclinations and resolutions, their conscience and moral character, their emotions and passions) are like a firepot as they present their ambush (oreb - deceptive trap, conspiracy, scheme, ruse, trickery, plot designed to harm by way of deception, treacherous maneuver, intrigue)." (Hosea 7:5)

"Their anger smolders all night (layil - in the darkness and absence of light, an obscuration by way of a shadow). At the end of the distressing darkness (boqer) it rages like a flaming fire. All of them are enraged (chamam - are hot, have strong feelings of animosity and strife toward others, feel uncontrolled sexual passions, burn with lust) like a firepot. And they feed upon, consume, ruin and destroy their authority figures (shaphat - judges, adjudicators, leaders, rulers, governors, and litigators). All their rulers have fallen and are out of control (naphal - have been brought down, and are prostrate). None of them calls on Me." (Hosea 7:6-7)

"We're going to try this again. Apparently I wasn't clear enough this morning on my position with respect to the war in Iraq. I have said throughout this campaign that this war was ill-conceived, that it was a strategic blunder and that it needs to come to an end."

"I have also said that I would be deliberate and careful in how we got out, that we would bring our troops home at a pace of one to two brigades per month and that at that pace we would have our combat troops out in 16 months," he said.

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