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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
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"Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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I have written to him the great things of My law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
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They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of Mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not. Now will He remember their iniquity and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof."