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| 7:1 |
When I would heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside,
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| 7:2 |
And they do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are before My face.
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| 7:3 |
With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.
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| 7:4 |
They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker Who ceases to stir up the fire From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
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| 7:5 |
On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,
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| 7:6 |
For their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
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| 7:7 |
All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.
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| 7:8 |
Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
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| 7:9 |
Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.
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| 7:10 |
Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
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| 7:11 |
So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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| 7:12 |
When they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
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| 7:13 |
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
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| 7:14 |
And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.
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| 7:15 |
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.
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| 7:16 |
They turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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