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1.8 KiB
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58 lines
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# Chapter 5
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1 Hear this, priests!
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Pay attention, house of Israel!
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Listen, royal house!
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For the judgment applies to you
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because you have been a snare at Mizpah
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and a net spread out on Tabor.
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2 Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter;
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I will be a punishment for 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, Ephraim,
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you have acted promiscuously;
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Israel is defiled.
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4 Their actions do not allow them
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to return to their God,
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for a spirit of promiscuity is among them,
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and they do not know the Lord.
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5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.
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Both Israel and Ephraim stumble
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because of their iniquity;
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even Judah will stumble with them.
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6 They go with their flocks and herds
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to seek the Lord
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but do not find him;
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he has withdrawn from them.
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7 They betrayed the Lord;
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indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.
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Now the New Moon will devour them
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along with their fields.
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8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
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the trumpet in Ramah;
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raise the war cry in Beth-aven:
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Look behind you, Benjamin!
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9 Ephraim will become a desolation
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on the day of punishment;
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I announce what is certain
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among the tribes of Israel.
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10 The princes of Judah are like those
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who move boundary markers;
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I will pour out my fury on them like water.
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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
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for he is determined to follow what is worthless.
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12 So I am like rot to Ephraim
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and like decay 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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Ephraim went to Assyria
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and sent a delegation to the great king.
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But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
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14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim
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and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
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Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.
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I will carry them off,
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and no one can rescue them.
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15 I will depart and return to my place
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until they recognize their guilt and seek my face;
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they will search for me in their distress. |