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whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.
They practice deceit,
thieves break into houses,
bandits rob in the streets;
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.
They practice deceit,
thieves break into houses,
bandits rob in the streets;
but they do not realize
that I remember all their evil deeds.
Their sins engulf them;
they are always before me.
that I remember all their evil deeds.
Their sins engulf them;
they are always before me.
They make a king glad with their wickedness,
And princes with their lies.
And princes with their lies.
“They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.
the princes with their lies.
“They are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker —
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
Like an oven heated by a baker —
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
They are all adulterers,
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,
and he joins hands with the mockers.
the princes become inflamed with wine,
and he joins hands with the mockers.
Their hearts are like an oven;
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
None among them calls upon Me.
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
None among them calls upon Me.
All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,
and none of them calls on me.
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,
and none of them calls on me.
“Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
“Ephraim mixes with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
Aliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
Foreigners sap his strength,
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face,
But they do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
But they do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,
but despite all this
he does not return to the Lord his God
or search for him.
but despite all this
he does not return to the Lord his God
or search for him.
“Ephraim is like a dove,
easily deceived and senseless —
now calling to Egypt,
now turning to Assyria.
easily deceived and senseless —
now calling to Egypt,
now turning to Assyria.
Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
According to what their congregation has heard.
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
According to what their congregation has heard.
When they go, I will throw my net over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
Woe to them,
because they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me falsely.
because they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me falsely.
Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me;
Yet they devise evil against Me;
I trained them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil against me.
but they plot evil against me.
They do not turn to the Most High;
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent words.
For this they will be ridiculed
in the land of Egypt.
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent words.
For this they will be ridiculed
in the land of Egypt.