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And 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 sacrificekiss the calves.
3
Therefore they shall be as the morningcloud, and as the earlydew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
8
I 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 wildbeast shall tear them.
11
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
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13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwiseson; for he should not staylong in the place of the breaking forth of children.
14
I 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.
15
Though 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 pleasantvessels.
16
Samaria 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.