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1 Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over and a net spread upon Thabor.
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Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor,
2 And you have turned aside victims into the depth and I am the teacher of them all.
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and a pit dug deep in Shittim; but I will punish all of them.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.
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I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.
4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
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Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know the Lord.
5 And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel, and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them.
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Israel's pride testifies against him; Ephraim stumbles in his guilt; Judah also stumbles with them.
6 With their flocks and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.
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With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
7 They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon shall devour them along with their fields.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin.
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Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; look behind you, Benjamin!
9 Ephraim shall be in desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel I have shewn that which shall surely be.
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Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.
10 The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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The princes of Judah have become like those who remove the landmark; on them I will pour out my wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.
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Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.
12 And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.
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Therefore I am like maggots to Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you.
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When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.
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For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
15 I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.
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I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:
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