85 lines
2.1 KiB
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85 lines
2.1 KiB
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# Chapter 7
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1. when I heal Israel,
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the iniquity of Ephraim and the crimes of Samaria
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will be exposed.
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For they practice fraud;
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a thief breaks in;
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a raiding party pillages outside.
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2. But they never consider that I remember all their evil.
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Now their actions are all around them;
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they are right in front of my face.
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Israel's Corruption
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3. They please the king with their evil,
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the princes with their lies.
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4. All of them commit adultery;
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they are like an oven heated by a baker
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who stops stirring the fire
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from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
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5. On the day of our king,
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the princes are sick with the heat of wine--
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there is a conspiracy with traitors.
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6. For they--their hearts like an oven--
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draw him into their oven.
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Their anger smolders all night;
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in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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7. All of them are as hot as an oven,
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and they consume their rulers.
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All their kings fall;
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not one of them calls on me.
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8. Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
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Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
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9. Foreigners consume his strength,
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but he does not notice.
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Even his hair is streaked with gray,
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but he does not notice.
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10. Israel's arrogance testifies against them,
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yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
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and for all this, they do not seek him.
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11. So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;
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they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
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12. As they are going, I will spread my net over them;
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I will bring them down like birds of the sky.
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I will discipline them in accordance
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with the news that reaches their assembly.
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The Lord's Second Lament
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13. Woe to them, for they fled from me;
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destruction to them, for they rebelled against me!
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Though I want to redeem them,
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they speak lies against me.
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14. They do not cry to me from their hearts;
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rather, they wail on their beds.
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They slash themselves for grain and new wine;
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they turn away from me.
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15. I trained and strengthened their arms,
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but they plot evil against me.
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16. They turn, but not to what is above;
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they are like a faulty bow.
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Their leaders will fall by the sword
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because of their insolent tongue.
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They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
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