Thomson(i)
9 And all the people of Ephraim shall know it, and all the inhabitants of Samaria, who with haughtiness and a lofty heart say,
10 "The bricks are fallen; but come, let us hew stones and let us cut down sycamines and cedars and build for ourselves a tower."
11 Though God will dash down them, who rise up against him on mount Sion; and disperse his enemies
12 Syria in the east, and the Greeks in the west, who are devouring Israel with open mouth; for all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is lifted high.
13 The people did not turn till they were smitten; as they indeed did not seek the Lord;
14 therefore the Lord cut off from Israel, head and tail, great and little in one day;
15 the aged and the honourable, this was the head; and the prophet who teacheth falsehood, he is the tail.
16 Still there will be deceivers, who will call this people happy, and lead them astray, that they may devour them;
17 therefore the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men; and on their orphans and their widows he will have no compassion; because they are all wicked and regardless of law, and every mouth speaketh perversely. For all this his wrath is not turned away but still his hand is lifted high.
18 Still iniquity will burn like a fire, and like dry stubble it shall be consumed by fire. It shall burn in the thickets of the forest, and consume all on the hills around.
19 By reason of the fierce anger of the Lord the whole country is in a flame; and the people shall be as fuel for the fire. A man will have no pity for his brother,
20 but will turn to the right because he is hungry, and devour on the left, but shall not be satisfied. Man is devouring the flesh of his brother's arm;
21 for Manasses is devouring Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasses; for they will both together besiege Juda. For all this his anger is not turned away; but still his hand is lifted high.