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Relentless Judgment on Israel
When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
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.
Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
And like the early dew that passes away,
Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
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.
“Yet I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For there is no savior besides Me.
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For there is no savior besides Me.
“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 cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
in the land of burning heat.
When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.
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.
“So I will be to them like a lion;
Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;
Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;
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.
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.
“You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
because you are against me, against your 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’?
I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.
And took him away in My wrath.
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.
“The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
His sin is stored up.
The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
his sins are kept on record.
The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.
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.
“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,
Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
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.