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Hearthis, O priests! Giveheed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you, For you have been a snare at Mizpah And a netspread out on Tabor.
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When Ephraimsaw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraimwent to Assyria And sent to KingJareb. But he is unable* to heal you, Or to cure you of your wound.
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For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a younglion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.