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Ephraim’s Iniquity
When I would heal Israel,
The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal falsely;
The thief enters in,
Bandits raid outside,
When I would heal Israel,
The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal falsely;
The thief enters in,
Bandits raid outside,
And they do not consider in their hearts
That I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds are all around them;
They are before My face.
That I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds are all around 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.
With their wickedness they make the king glad,
And the princes with their lies.
And the princes with their lies.
“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,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up 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 scoffers,
He stretched out his hand with scoffers,
On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,
carousing with those who mock them.
carousing with those who mock them.
For their hearts are like an oven
As they approach their plotting;
Their anger smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
As they approach their plotting;
Their anger smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
None of them calls on Me.
And they consume their rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
None of them calls on 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 nations;
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
Ephraim has become 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,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
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.
Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
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.
So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
They call to Egypt, they go 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.
When they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
Destruction is theirs, 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.
And they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from Me.
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from 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 turn, but not upward,
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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.