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1.9 KiB
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56 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Chapter 5
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1 Hear this, O priests!
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Pay attention, O house of Israel!
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Give ear, O house of the king!
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For the judgment is for you;
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for you have been a snare at Mizpah
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and a net spread upon Tabor.
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2 And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter,
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but I will discipline all of them.
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3 I know Ephraim,
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and Israel is not hidden from me;
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for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
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Israel is defiled.
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4 Their deeds do not permit them
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to return to their God.
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For the spirit of whoredom is within them,
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and they know not the Lord.
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5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
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Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt;
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Judah also shall stumble with them.
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6 With their flocks and herds they shall go
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to seek the Lord,
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but they will not find him;
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he has withdrawn from them.
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7 They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;
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for they have borne alien children.
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Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
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8 Blow the horn in Gibeah,
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the trumpet in Ramah.
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Sound the alarm at Beth-aven;
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we follow you, O Benjamin!
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9 Ephraim shall become a desolation
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in the day of punishment;
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among the tribes of Israel
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I make known what is sure.
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10 The princes of Judah have become
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like those who move the landmark;
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upon them I will pour out
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my wrath like water.
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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
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because he was determined to go after filth.
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12 But I am like a moth to Ephraim,
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and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
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and Judah his wound,
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then Ephraim went to Assyria,
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and sent to the great king.
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But he is not able to cure you
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or heal your wound.
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14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
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and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
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I, even I, will tear and go away;
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I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
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15 I will return again to my place,
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until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
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and in their distress earnestly seek me. |