VIN(i)
1 when I would heal Israel, and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; because they deal in falsehood, the thief breaks in, and the bandit raids the outside.
2 But they did not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
3 They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
5 The day of our king, the princes began to be mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 Because they are kindled like an oven, their heart burns within them; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen; not one among them calls to Me.
8 Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim is a bread cake not turned over.
9 Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not know it; mold is also sprinkled upon him, and he does not know it.
10 Israel's arrogance testifies against him; but they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him in all of this.
11 Ephraim was like a dove, silly, ⌊without sense⌋; they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I myself would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
14 They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
15 And I myself trained and strengthened their arms; but they plan evil against me.
16 They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.