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1 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
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"When Efrayim spoke, there was trembling; he was a power in Isra'el. But when he incurred guilt through Ba'al, he died.
2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, “They offer human sacrifices! They kiss calf-idols!”
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So now they keep adding sin to sin, casting images from their silver; idols they invent for themselves, all of them the work of craftsmen. 'Sacrifice to them,' they say. Men give kisses to calves!
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.
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Therefore they will be like a morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early, like chaff blown by wind from the threshing-floor, or like smoke that goes out the window.
4 “But I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.
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Still, I am ADONAI your God, from the land of Egypt; and you don't know any God but me or, other than me, any Savior.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
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I knew you in the desert, in a land of terrible drought.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
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When they were fed, they were satisfied; when satisfied, they became proud. Therefore they forgot me.
7 So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
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So now I have become like a lion to them; like a leopard I will lurk by the road;
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.
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I will meet them like a bear whose cubs have been taken away. I will tear their hearts from their bodies. I will devour them there like a lion, like a wild animal ripping them up.
9 “You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
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It is your destruction, Isra'el, although your help is in me.
10 Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
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So now, where is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and leaders'?
11 So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.
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I gave you a king in my anger; and in my fury I took him away.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.
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"Efrayim's guilt has been wrapped up, his sin is stored away.
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
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The pain of being born will come to him; but he is an unwise son. The time has come; and he shouldn't delay, there at the mouth of the womb.
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
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Should I ransom them from the power of Sh'ol? Should I redeem them from death?
15 even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the LORD will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.
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Where are your plagues, death; where is your destruction, Sh'ol? My eyes are closed to compassion. For though he flourishes among the reeds, an east wind will come, a wind from ADONAI, blowing up from the desert. Then his water source will dry up, then his spring will fail it will plunder his treasury, removing every precious thing."
16 The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”
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Shomron will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their little ones will be dashed to pieces and their pregnant women ripped open.
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