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| 1"When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; and it was exalted within Israel. But when they offended God by Baal, they died, | 1When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. |
| 2but now they are sinning more and more, crafting idols from melted silver. Their idols are made with the most exacting skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. People say about them, 'They offer human sacrifice, and kiss calf-shaped idols.' | 2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. |
| 3Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney." | 3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. |
| 4"I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior. | 4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. |
| 5I took care of you in the wilderness, in a waterless land. | 5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. |
| 6As their pastures flourished, all their desires were met. As they were satiated, they became arrogant and therefore ignored me. | 6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. |
| 7"So I will be like a lion to them. Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road. | 7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: |
| 8I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their ribs. I will devour them like a lion— the wild beasts will rip them apart. | 8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. |
| 9"You have destroyed yourself, Israel, although I remain your help. | 9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. |
| 10Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, 'Give me a king and officials!'? | 10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? |
| 11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury." | 11I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. |
| 12"Ephraim's guilt is on record; his sin is stored away. | 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. |
| 13When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born." | 13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. |
| 14"From the power of Sheol I will rescue them, from death I will redeem them. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for compassion. | 14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. |
| 15Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury. | 15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. |
| 16 Samaria will be held guilty, because she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall— with their infants dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women torn open." | 16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. |
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