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1 # When Ephraim <0669> spake <01696> (8763) trembling <07578>, he exalted <05375> (8804) himself in Israel <03478>; but when he offended <0816> (8799) in Baal <01168>, he died <04191> (8799).
2 And now they sin <02398> (8800) more and more <03254> (8686), and have made <06213> (8799) them molten images <04541> of their silver <03701>, and idols <06091> according to their own understanding <08394>, all of it the work <04639> of the craftsmen <02796>: they say <0559> (8802) of them, Let the men <0120> that sacrifice <02076> (8802) kiss <05401> (8799) the calves <05695>.
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning <01242> cloud <06051>, and as the early <07925> (8688) dew <02919> that passeth away <01980> (8802), as the chaff <04671> that is driven with the whirlwind <05590> (8792) out of the floor <01637> , and as the smoke <06227> out of the chimney <0699>.
4 Yet I am the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and thou shalt know <03045> (8799) no god <0430> but me <02108>: for there is no saviour <03467> (8688) beside me <01115>.
5 # I did know <03045> (8804) thee in the wilderness <04057>, in the land <0776> of great drought <08514>.
6 According to their pasture <04830>, so were they filled <07646> (8799); they were filled <07646> (8804), and their heart <03820> was exalted <07311> (8799); therefore have they forgotten <07911> (8804) me.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion <07826>: as a leopard <05246> by the way <01870> will I observe <07789> (8799) them:
8 I will meet <06298> (8799) them as a bear <01677> that is bereaved <07909> of her whelps, and will rend <07167> (8799) the caul <05458> of their heart <03820>, and there will I devour <0398> (8799) them like a lion <03833> : the wild <07704> beast <02416> shall tear <01234> (8762) them.
9 # O Israel <03478>, thou hast destroyed <07843> (8765) thyself; but in me is thine help <05828>.
10 I will <0165> be thy king <04428>: where <0645> is any other that may save <03467> (8686) thee in all thy cities <05892>? and thy judges <08199> (8802) of whom thou saidst <0559> (8804), Give <05414> (8798) me a king <04428> and princes <08269>?
11 I gave <05414> (8799) thee a king <04428> in mine anger <0639>, and took <03947> (8799) him away in my wrath <05678>.
12 The iniquity <05771> of Ephraim <0669> is bound up <06887> (8803); his sin <02403> is hid <06845> (8803).
13 The sorrows <02256> of a travailing woman <03205> (8802) shall come <0935> (8799) upon him: he is an unwise <02450> son <01121>; for he should not stay <05975> (8799) long <06256> in the place of the breaking forth <04866> of children <01121>.
14 I will ransom <06299> (8799) them from the power <03027> of the grave <07585>; I will redeem <01350> (8799) them from death <04194>: O death <04194>, I will <0165> be thy plagues <01698>; O grave <07585>, I will <0165> be thy destruction <06987>: repentance <05164> shall be hid <05641> (8735) from mine eyes <05869>.
15 Though he be fruitful <06500> (8686) among his brethren <0251>, an east wind <06921> shall come <0935> (8799), the wind <07307> of the LORD <03068> shall come up <05927> (8802) from the wilderness <04057>, and his spring <04726> shall become dry <0954> (8799), and his fountain <04599> shall be dried up <02717> (8799): he shall spoil <08154> (8799) the treasure <0214> of all pleasant <02532> vessels <03627>.
16 Samaria <08111> shall become desolate <0816> (8799); for she hath rebelled <04784> (8804) against her God <0430>: they shall fall <05307> (8799) by the sword <02719>: their infants <05768> shall be dashed in pieces <07376> (8792) , and their women with child <02030> shall be ripped up <01234> (8792).