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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
“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.
“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.
I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.
in that dry and thirsty land.
But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.
you became proud and forgot me.
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.
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.
“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;
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 about to be destroyed, O Israel —
yes, by me, your only helper.
yes, by me, your only helper.
In my anger I gave you kings,
and in my fury I took them away.
and in my fury I took them away.
I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.
And took him away in My wrath.
“Ephraim’s guilt has been collected,
and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
“The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
His sin is stored up.
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!
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.
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.
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.