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# Chapter 5
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1 “Hear this, O priests!
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Take heed, O house of Israel!
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Give ear, O house of the king!
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For yours is the judgment,
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Because you have been a snare to Mizpah
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And a net spread on Tabor.
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2 The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter,
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Though I rebuke them all.
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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 commit harlotry;
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Israel is defiled.
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4 “They do not direct their deeds
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Toward turning to their God,
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For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
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And they do not know the Lord.
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5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
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Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
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Judah also stumbles with them.
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6 “With their flocks and herds
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They shall go to seek the Lord,
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But they will not find Him;
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He has withdrawn Himself from them.
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7 They have dealt treacherously with the Lord,
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For they have begotten pagan children.
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Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
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8 “Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
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The trumpet in Ramah!
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Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
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‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
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9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
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Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
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10 “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark;
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I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
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11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
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Because he willingly walked by human precept.
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12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
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And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
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13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
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And Judah saw his wound,
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Then Ephraim went to Assyria
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And sent to King Jareb;
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Yet he cannot cure you,
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Nor heal you of 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 them and go away;
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I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
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15 I will return again to My place
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Till they acknowledge their offense.
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Then they will seek My face;
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In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” |