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1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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when I would heal Israel, the corruption of E'phraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Sama'ria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid without.
2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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But they do not consider that I remember all their evil works. Now their deeds encompass them, they are before my face.
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven, whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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On the day of our king the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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For like an oven their hearts burn with intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
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All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen; and none of them calls upon me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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E'phraim mixes himself with the peoples; E'phraim is a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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Aliens devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
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The pride of Israel witnesses against him; yet they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him, for all this.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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E'phraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
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As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them for their wicked deeds.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
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Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
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They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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They turn to Ba'al; they are like a treacherous bow, their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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