1
H669
When Ephraim
H1696 [H8763]
spoke
H7578
trembling,
H5375 [H8804]
he exalted
H3478
himself in Israel;
H816 [H8799]
but when he became guilty
H1168
in Baal,
H4191 [H8799]
he died.
2
H2398 [H8800]
And now they sin
H3254 [H8686]
more and more,
H6213 [H8799]
and have made
H4541
them molten images
H3701
of their silver,
H6091
and idols
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according to their own understanding,
H4639
all of it the work
H2796
of the craftsmen:
H559 [H8802]
they say
H120
of them, Let the men
H2076 [H8802]
that sacrifice
H5401 [H8799]
kiss
H5695
the calves.
3
H1242
Therefore they shall be as the morning
H6051
cloud,
H7925 [H8688]
and as the early
H2919
dew
H1980 [H8802]
that passeth away,
H4671
as the chaff
H5590 [H8792]
that is driven with the whirlwind
H1637
from the floor,
H6227
and as the smoke
H699
from the chimney.
4
H3068
Yet I am the LORD
H430
thy God
H776
from the land
H4714
of Egypt,
H3045 [H8799]
and thou shalt know
H430
no God
H2108
but me:
H3467 [H8688]
for there is no liberator
H1115
besides me.
6
H4830
According to their pasture,
H7646 [H8799]
so were they filled;
H7646 [H8804]
they were filled,
H3820
and their heart
H7311 [H8799]
was exalted;
H7911 [H8804]
therefore have they forgotten me.
7
H7826
Therefore I will be to them as a roaring lion:
H5246
as a leopard
H1870
by the way
H7789 [H8799]
will I observe them:
8
H6298 [H8799]
I will meet
H1677
them as a bear
H7909
that is bereaved
H7167 [H8799]
of her whelps, and will rend
H5458
the fat
H3820
of their heart,
H398 [H8799]
and there will I devour
H3833
them like a lion:
H7704
the wild
H2416
beast
H1234 [H8762]
shall tear them.
10
H165
I will
H4428
be thy king:
H645
where
H3467 [H8686]
is any other that may liberate
H5892
thee in all thy cities?
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and thy judges
H559 [H8804]
of whom thou saidst,
H5414 [H8798]
Give
H4428
me a king
H8269
and princes?
11
H5414 [H8799]
I gave
H4428
thee a king
H639
in my anger,
H3947 [H8799]
and took
H5678
him away in my wrath.
12
H5771
The perversity
H669
of Ephraim
H6887 [H8803]
is bound up;
H2403
his sin
H6845 [H8803]
is hid.
13
H2256
The sorrows
H3205 [H8802]
of a travailing woman
H935 [H8799]
shall come
H2450
upon him: he is an unwise
H1121
son;
H5975 [H8799]
for he should not stay
H6256
long
H4866
in the place of the breaking forth
H1121
of sons.
14
H6299 [H8799]
I will ransom
H3027
them from the hand
H7585
of the grave;
H1350 [H8799]
I will redeem
H4194
them from death:
H4194
O death,
H165
I will
H1698
be thy plagues;
H7585
O grave,
H165
I will
H6987
be thy extermination:
H5164
ruefulness
H5641 [H8735]
shall be hid
H5869
from mine eyes.
15
H6500 [H8686]
Though he is fruitful
H251
among his brethren,
H6921
an east wind
H935 [H8799]
shall come,
H7307
the wind
H3068
of the LORD
H5927 [H8802]
shall come up
H4057
from the wilderness,
H4726
and his spring
H954 [H8799]
shall become pale,
H4599
and his fountain
H2717 [H8799]
shall be dried up:
H8154 [H8799]
he shall plunder
H214
the treasure
H2532
of all pleasant
H3627
vessels.