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and by a prophet was he preserved.
14
Ephraim provoked
him
to anger most bitterly: therefore shall
he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
CHAPTER 13
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he
died.
2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver,
and
idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them,
Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as
the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff
that
is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and
as the smoke out of the chimney.
4
Yet I
am
the L
ORD
thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt know no god but me: for
there is
no saviour beside me.
5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6
According to their pasture,
so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
them:
8
I will meet
them as a bear
that is
bereaved
of her whelps,
and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I
devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but
in me
is
thine help.
10
I will be thy king: where
is any other
that may save thee in all thy cities? and
thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11
I gave thee a king in mine anger,
and took
him
away in my wrath.
12
The iniquity of Ephraim
is
bound up; his sin
is
hid.
13
The
sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he
is
an unwise son; for he should not stay
long in
the place of
the breaking forth of children.
14
I will ransom them from the power of the
grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy
destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15
Though he be fruitful among
his
brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the L
ORD
shall
come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up:
he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath
rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and
their women with child shall be ripped up.
CHAPTER 14
O Israel, return unto the L
ORD
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2
Take with you words,
and turn to the L
ORD
: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive
us
graciously: so will we
render the calves of our lips.
3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will
we say any more to the work of our hands,
Ye are
our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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