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Chapter 5
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Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel;
and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is
toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and
a net spread upon Tabor. |
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And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though
I have been a rebuker of them all. |
3
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I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for
now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel
is defiled. |
4
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They will not frame their doings to turn unto their
God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them,
and they have not known the LORD. |
5
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And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore
shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah
also shall fall with them. |
6
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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds
to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath
withdrawn himself from them. |
7
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They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for
they have begotten strange children: now shall a month
devour them with their portions. |
8
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Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah:
cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
9
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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among
the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall
surely be. |
10
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The princes of Judah were like them that remove the
bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like
water. |
11
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Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because
he willingly walked after the commandment. |
12
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Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to
the house of Judah as rottenness. |
13
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When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound,
then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb:
yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. |
14
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For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young
lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and
go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. |
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I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge
their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction
they will seek me early. |
