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whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.
They practice deceit,
thieves break into houses,
bandits rob in the streets;
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.
They practice deceit,
thieves break into houses,
bandits rob in the streets;
Ephraim's Iniquity
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.
but they do not realize
that I remember all their evil deeds.
Their sins engulf them;
they are always before me.
that I remember all their evil deeds.
Their sins engulf them;
they are always before me.
And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
“They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.
the princes with their lies.
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
They are all adulterers,
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,
and he joins hands with the mockers.
the princes become inflamed with wine,
and he joins hands with the mockers.
In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.
Their hearts are like an oven;
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,
and none of them calls on me.
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,
and none of them calls on me.
They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
“Ephraim mixes with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Foreigners sap his strength,
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [it] not.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,
but despite all this
he does not return to the Lord his God
or search for him.
but despite all this
he does not return to the Lord his God
or search for him.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this.
“Ephraim is like a dove,
easily deceived and senseless —
now calling to Egypt,
now turning to Assyria.
easily deceived and senseless —
now calling to Egypt,
now turning to Assyria.
And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When they go, I will throw my net over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.
Woe to them,
because they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me falsely.
because they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me falsely.
Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.
And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.
I trained them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil against me.
but they plot evil against me.
I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.
They do not turn to the Most High;
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent words.
For this they will be ridiculed
in the land of Egypt.
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent words.
For this they will be ridiculed
in the land of Egypt.
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.