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1 When I would heal Israel, Then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they commit falsehood; And the thief entereth in, And the troop of robbers maketh a raid without. 2 And let them not say to their heart-- I remember all their wickedness; Now their own doings have beset them about, They are before My face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, And the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, As an oven heated by the baker, Who ceaseth to stir From the kneading of the dough until it be leavened. 5 On the day of our king The princes make him sick with the heat of wine, He stretcheth out his hand with scorners. 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait; Their baker sleepeth all the night, In the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, And devour their judges; All their kings are fallen, There is none among them that calleth unto Me. Hosea 7:1-7, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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