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When I would have healed[H7495]Israel[H3478], then the iniquity[H5771] of Ephraim[H669] was discovered[H1540], and the wickedness[H7451] of Samaria[H8111]: for they commit[H6466]falsehood[H8267]; and the thief[H1590] cometh in[H935], and the troop[H1416] of robbers spoileth[H6584]without[H2351].
2
And they consider[H559] not in their hearts[H3824] that I remember[H2142] all their wickedness[H7451]: now their own doings[H4611] have beset them about[H5437]; they are before my face[H6440].
3
They make the king[H4428]glad[H8055] with their wickedness[H7451], and the princes[H8269] with their lies[H3585].
4
They are all adulterers[H5003], as an oven[H8574]heated[H1197] by the baker[H644], who ceaseth[H7673] from raising[H5782] after he hath kneaded[H3888] the dough[H1217], until it be leavened[H2556].
5
In the day[H3117] of our king[H4428] the princes[H8269] have made him sick[H2470] with bottles[H2534] of wine[H3196]; he stretched out[H4900] his hand[H3027] with scorners[H3945].
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For they have made ready[H7126] their heart[H3820] like an oven[H8574], whiles they lie in wait[H693]: their baker[H644]sleepeth[H3463] all the night[H3915]; in the morning[H1242] it burneth[H1197] as a flaming[H3852]fire[H784].
7
They are all hot[H2552] as an oven[H8574], and have devoured[H398] their judges[H8199]; all their kings[H4428] are fallen[H5307]: there is none among them that calleth[H7121] unto me.
8Ephraim[H669], he hath mixed[H1101] himself among the people[H5971]; Ephraim[H669] is a cake[H5692] not turned[H2015].
9Strangers[H2114] have devoured[H398] his strength[H3581], and he knoweth[H3045] it not: yea, gray hairs[H7872] are here and there[H2236] upon him, yet he knoweth[H3045] not.
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And the pride[H1347] of Israel[H3478]testifieth[H6030] to his face[H6440]: and they do not return[H7725] to the LORD[H3068] their God[H430], nor seek[H1245] him for all this.
11Ephraim[H669] also is like a silly[H6601]dove[H3123] without heart[H3820]: they call[H7121] to Egypt[H4714], they go[H1980] to Assyria[H804].
12
When they shall go[H3212], I will spread[H6566] my net[H7568] upon them; I will bring them down[H3381] as the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064]; I will chastise[H3256] them, as their congregation[H5712] hath heard[H8088].
13Woe[H188] unto them! for they have fled[H5074] from me: destruction[H7701] unto them! because they have transgressed[H6586] against me: though I have redeemed[H6299] them, yet they have spoken[H1696]lies[H3577] against me.
14
And they have not cried[H2199] unto me with their heart[H3820], when they howled[H3213] upon their beds[H4904]: they assemble[H1481] themselves for corn[H1715] and wine[H8492], and they rebel[H5493] against me.
15
Though I have bound[H3256] and strengthened[H2388] their arms[H2220], yet do they imagine[H2803]mischief[H7451] against me.
16
They return[H7725], but not to the most High[H5920]: they are like a deceitful[H7423]bow[H7198]: their princes[H8269] shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719] for the rage[H2195] of their tongue[H3956]: this[H2097] shall be their derision[H3933] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].