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1 When Ephraim spoke, a horror seized Israel: and he sinned in Baal, and died.
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When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel; but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
2 And now they have sinned more and more: and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.
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And now they keep on sinning and make a cast image for themselves, idols of silver made according to their understanding, all of them the work of artisans. "Sacrifice to these," they say. People are kissing calves!
3 Therefore they shall be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the dust that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes away early, like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
4 But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.
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Yet I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
5 I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.
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It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 According to their pastures they were filled, and were made full: and they lifted up their heart, and have forgotten me.
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When I fed them, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was proud; therefore they forgot me.
7 And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.
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So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.
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I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would mangle them.
9 Destruction is thy own, O Israel: thy help is only in me.
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I will destroy you, O Israel; who can help you?
10 Where is thy king? now especially let him save thee in all thy cities: and thy judges, of whom thou saidst: Give me kings and princes.
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Where now is your king, that he may save you? Where in all your cities are your rulers, of whom you said, "Give me a king and rulers"?
11 I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.
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I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, his sin is hidden.
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Ephraim's iniquity is bound up; his sin is kept in store.
13 The sorrows of a woman in labour shall come upon him, he is an unwise son: for now he shall not stand in the breach of the children.
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The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; for at the proper time he does not present himself at the mouth of the womb.
14 I will deliver them out of the hand of death. I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy death; O hell, I will be thy bite: comfort is hidden from my eyes.
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Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
15 Because he shall make a separation between brothers: the Lord will bring a burning wind that shall rise from the desert, and it shall dry up his springs, and shall make his fountain desolate, and he shall carry off the treasure of every desirable vessel.
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Although he may flourish among rushes, the east wind shall come, a blast from the Lord, rising from the wilderness; and his fountain shall dry up, his spring shall be parched. It shall strip his treasury of every precious thing.
16 (14-1) Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.
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Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
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