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Ephraim’s Wrongdoing
When I awould heal Israel,The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,And the evil deeds of Samaria,For they practice bdeception;The thief enters,A band of crobbers attack outside,2 And they do not 1consider in their heartsThat I aremember all their wickedness.Now their bdeeds surround them;They are before My face.3 aWith their wickedness they make the bking happy,And the officials with their clies.4 They are aall adulterers,Like an oven heated by the baker,Who stops 1stoking the fireFrom the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.5 On the 1day of our king, the officials abecame sick with the heat of wine;He stretched out his hand with 2bscoffers,6 For their hearts are like an aovenAs they approach their 1plotting;Their 2anger 3smolders all night,In the morning it burns like flaming fire.7 All of them are hot like an oven,And they consume their arulers;All their kings have fallen.bNone of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim is himself athrown about with the 1nations;Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.9 aStrangers devour his strength,Yet he bdoes not know it;Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,Yet he does not know it.10 Though the apride of Israel testifies against him,Yet bthey have not returned to the LORD their God,Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.11 So aEphraim has become like a gullible dove, bwithout 1sense;They call to cEgypt, they go to dAssyria.12 When they go, I will aspread My net over them;I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.I will bdiscipline them in accordance with the 1proclamation to their assembly.13 aWoe to them, for they have bstrayed from Me!Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!I cwould redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.14 And athey do not cry to Me from their heartWhen they wail on their beds;For the sake of grain and new wine they 1bassemble themselves,They cturn against Me.15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,Yet they adevise evil against Me.16 They turn, but not 1upward,They are like a aloose bow;Their officials will fall by the swordBecause of the 2binsolence of their tongue.This will be their cderision in the land of Egypt.