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Ephraim's Glory Vanishes
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.
The Lord’s Relentless Judgment on Israel
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
And now they sin more and more,
and make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!”
and make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!”
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.
Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
or like the dew that goes early away,
like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or like smoke from a window.
or like the dew that goes early away,
like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or like smoke from a window.
God's Anger
Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.
Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.
But I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,
and besides me there is no savior.
from the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,
and besides me there is no savior.
I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
in the land of drought;
According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
So I am to them like a lion;
like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild beast would rip them open.
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild beast would rip them open.
God's Mercy
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? --
Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers —
those of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
Where are all your rulers —
those of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
I gave you a king in my anger,
and I took him away in my wrath.
and I took him away in my wrath.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
his sin is kept in store.
his sin is kept in store.
The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.
The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
at the opening of the womb.
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
at the opening of the womb.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
The Judgment on Samaria
Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah [that] cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah [that] cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Though he may flourish among his brothers,
the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip his treasury
of every precious thing.
the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip his treasury
of every precious thing.
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.