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1. "Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king's family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty! "You were like a trap at Mizpah and like a net spread on the ground at Tabor.
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1. Hear H8085 ye this H2063 , O priests H3548 ; and hearken H7181 , ye house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; and give ye ear H238 , O house H1004 of the king H4428 ; for H3588 judgment H4941 is toward you, because H3588 ye have been H1961 a snare H6341 on Mizpah H4709 , and a net H7568 spread H6566 upon H5921 Tabor H8396 .
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2. You have done many evil things, so I will punish you all.
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2. And the revolters H7846 are profound H6009 to make slaughter H7819 , though I H589 have been a rebuker H4148 of them all H3605 .
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3. I know Ephraim. I know what Israel has done. Ephraim, right now you act like a prostitute. Israel is dirty with sin.
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3. I H589 know H3045 Ephraim H669 , and Israel H3478 is not H3808 hid H3582 from H4480 me: for H3588 now H6258 , O Ephraim H669 , thou committest whoredom H2181 , and Israel H3478 is defiled H2930 .
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4. The people of Israel have done many evil things, and these evil things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don't know the Lord.
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4. They will not H3808 frame H5414 their doings H4611 to turn H7725 unto H413 their God H430 : for H3588 the spirit H7307 of whoredoms H2183 is in the midst H7130 of them , and they have not H3808 known H3045 the LORD H3068 .
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5. Israel's pride is a witness against them, so Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their sin. But Judah will also stumble with them.
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5. And the pride H1347 of Israel H3478 doth testify H6030 to his face H6440 : therefore shall Israel H3478 and Ephraim H669 fall H3782 in their iniquity H5771 ; Judah H3063 also H1571 shall fall H3782 with H5973 them.
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6. "The leaders of the people went to look for the Lord. They took their 'sheep' and 'cows' with them, but they did not find the Lord because he refused to accept them.
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6. They shall go H1980 with their flocks H6629 and with their herds H1241 to seek H1245 H853 the LORD H3068 ; but they shall not H3808 find H4672 him ; he hath withdrawn H2502 himself from H4480 them.
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7. They have not been faithful to the Lord. Their children are from some stranger. And now, he will destroy them and their land again.
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7. They have dealt treacherously H898 against the LORD H3068 : for H3588 they have begotten H3205 strange H2114 children H1121 : now H6258 shall a month H2320 devour H398 them with H854 their portions H2506 .
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8. "Blow the horn in Gibeah. Blow the trumpet in Ramah. Give the warning at Beth-Aven. The enemy is behind you, Benjamin.
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8. Blow H8628 ye the cornet H7782 in Gibeah H1390 , and the trumpet H2689 in Ramah H7414 : cry aloud H7321 at Beth H1007 -aven, after H310 thee , O Benjamin H1144 .
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9. Ephraim will become empty at the time of punishment. I (God) warn the families of Israel that this really will happen.
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9. Ephraim H669 shall be H1961 desolate H8047 in the day H3117 of rebuke H8433 : among the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 have I made known H3045 that which shall surely be H539 .
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10. The leaders of Judah are like thieves trying to steal someone's property, so I will pour out my anger on them like water.
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10. The princes H8269 of Judah H3063 were H1961 like them that remove H5253 the bound H1366 : therefore I will pour out H8210 my wrath H5678 upon H5921 them like water H4325 .
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11. Ephraim will be punished. He will be crushed and pressed like grapes, because he decided to follow filth.
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11. Ephraim H669 is oppressed H6231 and broken H7533 in judgment H4941 , because H3588 he willingly H2974 walked H1980 after H310 the commandment H6673 .
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12. I will destroy Ephraim, like a moth eating a piece of cloth. I will ruin Judah, like rot on a piece of wood.
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12. Therefore will I H589 be unto Ephraim H669 as a moth H6211 , and to the house H1004 of Judah H3063 as rottenness H7538 .
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13. Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, so they went to Assyria for help. They told their problems to the great king, but he cannot heal you or cure your wound.
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13. When Ephraim H669 saw H7200 H853 his sickness H2483 , and Judah H3063 saw H853 his wound H4205 , then went H1980 Ephraim H669 to H413 the Assyrian H804 , and sent H7971 to H413 king H4428 Jareb H3377 : yet could H3201 he H1931 not H3808 heal H7495 you, nor H3808 cure H1455 H4480 you of your wound H4205 .
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14. I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I myself will rip them to pieces. I will carry them away, and no one can save them.
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14. For H3588 I H595 will be unto Ephraim H669 as a lion H7826 , and as a young lion H3715 to the house H1004 of Judah H3063 : I H589 , even I H589 , will tear H2963 and go away H1980 ; I will take away H5375 , and none H369 shall rescue H5337 him .
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15. I will go back to my place, until the people admit they are guilty, until they come looking for me. Yes, in their trouble they will try very hard to find me."
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15. I will go H1980 and return H7725 to H413 my place H4725 , till H5704 H834 they acknowledge their offense H816 , and seek H1245 my face H6440 : in their affliction H6862 they will seek me early H7836 .
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