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| 1"When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; and it was exalted within Israel. But when they offended God by Baal, they died, | 1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. |
| 2but now they are sinning more and more, crafting idols from melted silver. Their idols are made with the most exacting skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. People say about them, 'They offer human sacrifice, and kiss calf-shaped idols.' | 2And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, “Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!” |
| 3Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney." | 3Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window. |
| 4"I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior. | 4But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. |
| 5I took care of you in the wilderness, in a waterless land. | 5It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought; |
| 6As their pastures flourished, all their desires were met. As they were satiated, they became arrogant and therefore ignored me. | 6but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me. |
| 7"So I will be like a lion to them. Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road. | 7So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk beside the way. |
| 8I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their ribs. I will devour them like a lion— the wild beasts will rip them apart. | 8I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open. |
| 9"You have destroyed yourself, Israel, although I remain your help. | 9He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper. |
| 10Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, 'Give me a king and officials!'? | 10Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? |
| 11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury." | 11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath. |
| 12"Ephraim's guilt is on record; his sin is stored away. | 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is kept in store. |
| 13When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born." | 13The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son, for at the right time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb. |
| 14"From the power of Sheol I will rescue them, from death I will redeem them. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for compassion. | 14I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes. |
| 15Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury. | 15Though he may flourish among his brothers, the east wind, the wind of the LORD, shall come, rising from the wilderness, and his fountain shall dry up; his spring shall be parched; it shall strip his treasury of every precious thing. |
| 16 Samaria will be held guilty, because she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall— with their infants dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women torn open." | 16Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. |
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