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The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
The LORD’s Anger against Israel
When the tribe of Ephraim spoke,
the people shook with fear,
for that tribe was important in Israel.
But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal
and thus sealed their destruction.
When the tribe of Ephraim spoke,
the people shook with fear,
for that tribe was important in Israel.
But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal
and thus sealed their destruction.
Now they continue to sin by making silver idols,
images shaped skillfully with human hands.
“Sacrifice to these,” they cry,
“and kiss the calf idols!”
images shaped skillfully with human hands.
“Sacrifice to these,” they cry,
“and kiss the calf idols!”
Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
Therefore, they will disappear like the morning mist,
like dew in the morning sun,
like chaff blown by the wind,
like smoke from a chimney.
like dew in the morning sun,
like chaff blown by the wind,
like smoke from a chimney.
“But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
“I have been the LORD your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
in the land of burning heat.
I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.
in that dry and thirsty land.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.
you became proud and forgot me.
So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
So now I will attack you like a lion,
like a leopard that lurks along the road.
like a leopard that lurks along the road.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them —
a wild animal will tear them apart.
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them —
a wild animal will tear them apart.
Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,
I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
and mangle you like a wild animal.
I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
and mangle you like a wild animal.
“You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
because you are against me, against your helper.
“You are about to be destroyed, O Israel —
yes, by me, your only helper.
yes, by me, your only helper.
Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
and in my wrath I took him away.
In my anger I gave you kings,
and in my fury I took them away.
and in my fury I took them away.
The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
his sins are kept on record.
“Ephraim’s guilt has been collected,
and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
Pain has come to the people
like the pain of childbirth,
but they are like a child
who resists being born.
The moment of birth has arrived,
but they stay in the womb!
like the pain of childbirth,
but they are like a child
who resists being born.
The moment of birth has arrived,
but they stay in the womb!
“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
even though he thrives among his brothers.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his brothers,
but the east wind — a blast from the LORD —
will arise in the desert.
All their flowing springs will run dry,
and all their wells will disappear.
Every precious thing they own
will be plundered and carried away.
but the east wind — a blast from the LORD —
will arise in the desert.
All their flowing springs will run dry,
and all their wells will disappear.
Every precious thing they own
will be plundered and carried away.