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Ephraim's Iniquity
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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.
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
By their evil they make the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
and the princes by their treachery.
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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.
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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.
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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.
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
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.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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.
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
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 unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
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.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against 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.
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
yet they devise evil against me.
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.