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when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of Samaria,
for they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of Samaria,
for they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
But they do not consider
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds surround them;
they are before my face.
that I remember all their evil.
Now their deeds surround them;
they are before my face.
Its people don’t realize
that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
and I see them all.
that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
and I see them all.
By their evil they make the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
and the princes by their treachery.
“The people entertain the king with their wickedness,
and the princes laugh at their lies.
and the princes laugh at their lies.
They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
They are all adulterers,
always aflame with lust.
They are like an oven that is kept hot
while the baker is kneading the dough.
always aflame with lust.
They are like an oven that is kept hot
while the baker is kneading the dough.
On the day of our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,
carousing with those who mock them.
carousing with those who mock them.
For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All their kings have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
and they devour their rulers.
All their kings have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.
Burning like an oven,
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
“The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,
making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
Strangers devour his strength,
and he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and he knows it not.
and he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and he knows it not.
Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,
but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
Their arrogance testifies against them,
yet they don’t return to the LORD their God
or even try to find him.
yet they don’t return to the LORD their God
or even try to find him.
Ephraim is like a dove,
silly and without sense,
calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
silly and without sense,
calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
“The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
As they go, I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.
Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
I would redeem them,
but they speak lies against me.
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
I would redeem them,
but they speak lies against me.
“What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me!
Let them die, for they have rebelled against me.
I wanted to redeem them,
but they have told lies about me.
Let them die, for they have rebelled against me.
I wanted to redeem them,
but they have told lies about me.
They do not cry to me from the heart,
but they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
but they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
yet they devise evil against me.
I trained them and made them strong,
yet now they plot evil against me.
yet now they plot evil against me.
They look everywhere except to the Most High.
They are as useless as a crooked bow.
Their leaders will be killed by their enemies
because of their insolence toward me.
Then the people of Egypt
will laugh at them.
They are as useless as a crooked bow.
Their leaders will be killed by their enemies
because of their insolence toward me.
Then the people of Egypt
will laugh at them.