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59 lines
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# Chapter 13
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1 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
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He exalted himself in Israel;
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But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
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2 Now they sin more and more,
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And have made for themselves molded images,
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Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
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All of it is the work of craftsmen.
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They say of them,
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“Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”
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3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
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And like the early dew that passes away,
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Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
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And like smoke from a chimney.
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4 “Yet I am the Lord your God
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Ever since the land of Egypt,
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And you shall know no God but Me;
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For there is no savior besides Me.
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5 I knew you in the wilderness,
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In the land of great drought.
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6 When they had pasture, they were filled;
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They were filled and their heart was exalted;
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Therefore they forgot Me.
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7 “So I will be to them like a lion;
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Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;
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8 I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs;
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I will tear open their rib cage,
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And there I will devour them like a lion.
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The wild beast shall tear them.
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9 “O Israel, you are destroyed,
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But your help is from Me.
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10 I will be your King;
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Where is any other,
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That he may save you in all your cities?
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And your judges to whom you said,
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‘Give me a king and princes’?
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11 I gave you a king in My anger,
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And took him away in My wrath.
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12 “The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
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His sin is stored up.
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13 The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
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He is an unwise son,
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For he should not stay long where children are born.
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14 “I will ransom them from the power of the grave;
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I will redeem them from death.
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O Death, I will be your plagues!
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O Grave, I will be your destruction!
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Pity is hidden from My eyes.”
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15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
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An east wind shall come;
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The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
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Then his spring shall become dry,
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And his fountain shall be dried up.
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He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
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16 Samaria is held guilty,
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For she has rebelled against her God.
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They shall fall by the sword,
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Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
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And their women with child ripped open. |