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Ephraim’s Sin
When I awould heal Israel,The sin (guilt) of Ephraim is uncovered,And the wickedness of 1Samaria,Because they practice bfalse dealing;The thief enters,cBandits ravage and raid outside.2 But they do not consider in their hearts (minds)That I aremember always all their wickedness.Now their bdeeds surround and entangle them;They are before My face.3 They make the aking glad bwith their wickedness,And the princes with their clies.4 They are aall adulterers;Like the heat of an ovenWhen the baker ceases to stir the fire, their passion smoldersFrom the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.5 On the special day of our king, the princes abecame sick with the heat of wine;The king stretched out his hand in association with bscoffers (lawless people) .6 As they approach their plotting,Their mind burns with intrigue like an aoven while they lie in wait.Their anger smolders all night;In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.7 They are all hot like an ovenAnd they consume their ajudges (rulers) ;All their kings have fallen.There is bno one among them who calls to Me.
8 Ephraim amixes himself with the Gentile nations seeking favor with one country, then another;Ephraim is a cake not turned worthless; ready to be thrown away.9 aStrangers have devoured his strength,Yet he bdoes not know it;Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,Yet he does not know.10 Though the apride of Israel testifies against him,Yet bthey do not return in repentance to the LORD their God,Nor seek nor search for nor desire Him as essential in spite of all this.11 aEphraim also is like a silly dove, bwithout heart or good sense;They call to cEgypt for help, they go to dAssyria.12 When they go, I will aspread My net over them;I will bring them down like birds of the heavens into Assyrian captivity.I will bchastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation. Lev 26:14-39; Deut 28:15-6813 aWoe (judgment is coming) to them, for they have bwandered away from Me!Devastation is theirs, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me!I cwould redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.14 aThey do not cry out to Me from their heartWhen they wail on their beds in unbelieving despair;For the sake of grain and new wine they 1bassemble themselves as if worshiping Baal;They crebel against Me.15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms for victory over their enemies,Yet they adevise evil against Me.16 They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High.They are like a apoorly crafted bow that misses the mark;Their princes shall fall by the swordBecause of the binsolence of their tongue.This will be cause for their cmockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.