7WHEN I would heal Israel, then Ephraim's guilt is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; how they practice falsehood, and the thief enters and the troop of bandits ravage {and} raid without.H7495H3478H5771H669H1540H7451H8111H6466H8267H1590H935H1416H6584H23512But they do not consider {and} say to their minds {and} hearts that I [earnestly] remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings surround and entangle them; they are before My face.H559H3824H2142H7451H4611H5437H64403They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.H4428H8055H7451H8269H35854They are all [idolatrous] adulterers; their passion smolders like heat of an oven when the baker ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.H5003H8574H1197H644H7673H5782H3888H1217H25565On the [special] day of our king the princes made themselves {and} him sick with the heat of wine; [the king] stretched out his hand with scoffers {and} lawless men.H3117H4428H8269H2470H2534H3196H4900H3027H39456For they have made ready their heart, {and} their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes forth as a flaming fire.H7126H3820H8574H693H644H3463H3915H1242H1197H3852H7847They are all hot as an oven and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is none among them who calls to Me.H2552H8574H398H8199H4428H5307H71218Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples [courting the favor of first one country, then another]; Ephraim is a cake not turned.H669H1101H5971H669H5692H20159Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not; yes, gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him, and he does not know it.H2114H398H3581H3045H7872H2236H304510And the pride of Israel testifies against him {and} to his face. But they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek {nor} inquire of {nor} require Him in spite of all this.H1347H3478H6030H6440H7725H3068H430H124511Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart {or} understanding; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.H669H6601H3123H3820H7121H4714H1980H80412As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens. I will chastise them according to the announcement [or prediction made] to their congregation [in the Scriptures].H3212H6566H7568H3381H5775H8064H3256H5712H808813Woe to them, for they have wandered from Me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled {and} trespassed against Me! Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against Me.H188H5074H7701H6586H6299H1696H357714They do not cry to Me from their heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash {and} distress {and} assemble themselves [in mourning] for grain and new wine; they rebel against Me.H2199H3820H3213H4904H1481H1715H8492H549315Although I have chastened them {and} trained and strengthened their arms, yet they think {and} devise evil against Me.H3256H2388H2220H2803H745116They turn back, shift, {or} change, but not upwards [to the Most High]. They are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence {and} rage of their tongue. This shall be [cause for] their derision {and} scorning in the land of Egypt.H7725H5920H7423H7198H8269H5307H2719H2195H3956H2097H3933H776H4714
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