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| 1. When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside. | |
| 2. They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face. | |
| 3. They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies. | |
| 4. They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker-- He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened. | |
| 5. In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers. | |
| 6. They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire. | |
| 7. They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me. | |
| 8. Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned. | |
| 9. Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it. | |
| 10. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, Nor seek Him for all this. | |
| 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense-- They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria. | |
| 12. Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard. | |
| 13. Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me. | |
| 14. They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. "They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me; | |
| 15. Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me; | |
| 16. They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. |
| Verse | |
| 1. When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside. | |
| 2. They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face. | |
| 3. They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies. | |
| 4. They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker-- He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened. | |
| 5. In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers. | |
| 6. They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire. | |
| 7. They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me. | |
| 8. Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned. | |
| 9. Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it. | |
| 10. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, Nor seek Him for all this. | |
| 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense-- They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria. | |
| 12. Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard. | |
| 13. Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me. | |
| 14. They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. "They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me; | |
| 15. Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me; | |
| 16. They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. |