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1. Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!
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1. Woe H1945 to the crown H5850 of pride H1348 , to the drunkards H7910 of Ephraim H669 , whose glorious H6643 beauty H8597 is a fading H5034 flower H6731 , which H834 are on H5921 the head H7218 of the fat H8081 valleys H1516 of them that are overcome H1986 with wine H3196 !
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2. Behold, the Lord is a mighty and strong one; like a hailstorm, a destroying storm; like a storm of mighty waters overflowing; He sets down to the earth with His hand.
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2. Behold H2009 , the Lord H136 hath a mighty H2389 and strong one H533 , which as a tempest H2230 of hail H1259 and a destroying H6986 storm H8178 , as a flood H2230 of mighty H3524 waters H4325 overflowing H7857 , shall cast down H5117 to the earth H776 with the hand H3027 .
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3. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trampled down.
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3. The crown H5850 of pride H1348 , the drunkards H7910 of Ephraim H669 , shall be trodden H7429 under feet H7272 :
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4. And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley shall be a fading flower, like the first ripe fig before summer which the seeing one sees; while it is yet in his hand, he swallows it.
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4. And the glorious H6643 beauty H8597 , which H834 is on H5921 the head H7218 of the fat H8081 valley H1516 , shall be H1961 a fading H5034 flower H6733 , and as the hasty fruit H1061 before H2962 the summer H7019 ; which H834 when he that looketh H7200 upon it seeth H7200 , while it is yet H5750 in his hand H3709 he eateth it up H1104 .
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5. In that day Jehovah of Hosts shall become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the rest of His people,
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5. In that H1931 day H3117 shall the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 be H1961 for a crown H5850 of glory H6643 , and for a diadem H6843 of beauty H8597 , unto the residue H7605 of his people H5971 ,
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6. and a spirit of justice to him who sits on the judgment seat; and for might to those turning back the battle toward the gate.
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6. And for a spirit H7307 of judgment H4941 to him that sitteth H3427 in H5921 judgment H4941 , and for strength H1369 to them that turn H7725 the battle H4421 to the gate H8179 .
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7. But they also have gone astray by wine, and have erred through fermented drink; priest and prophet have erred through fermented drink; they have been swallowed by wine; they strayed from fermented drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment;
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7. But they H428 also H1571 have erred H7686 through wine H3196 , and through strong drink H7941 are out of the way H8582 ; the priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 have erred H7686 through strong drink H7941 , they are swallowed up H1104 of H4480 wine H3196 , they are out of the way H8582 through H4480 strong drink H7941 ; they err H7686 in vision H7203 , they stumble H6328 in judgment H6417 .
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8. for all tables are full of vomit and filth, without a clean place.
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8. For H3588 all H3605 tables H7979 are full H4390 of vomit H6892 and filthiness H6675 , so that there is no H1097 place H4725 clean .
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9. To whom shall He teach knowledge? And to whom shall He explain the message? Those weaned from milk, those moving from breasts?
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9. H853 Whom H4310 shall he teach H3384 knowledge H1844 ? and whom H4310 shall he make to understand H995 doctrine H8052 ? them that are weaned H1580 from the milk H4480 H2461 , and drawn H6267 from the breasts H4480 H7699 .
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10. For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
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10. For H3588 precept H6673 must be upon precept H6673 , precept H6673 upon precept H6673 ; line H6957 upon line H6957 , line H6957 upon line H6957 ; here H8033 a little H2191 , and there H8033 a little H2191 :
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11. For with stammering lip and other languages, He will speak to this people;
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11. For H3588 with stammering H3934 lips H8193 and another H312 tongue H3956 will he speak H1696 to H413 this H2088 people H5971 .
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12. to whom He said, This is the rest; cause the weary to rest. Also, This is the repose. But they willed not to hear.
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12. To H413 whom H834 he said H559 , This H2063 is the rest H4496 wherewith ye may cause the weary H5889 to rest H5117 ; and this H2063 is the refreshing H4774 : yet they would H14 not H3808 hear H8085 .
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13. Yet the Word of Jehovah was to them, precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they might go, and stumble, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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13. But the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 unto them precept H6673 upon precept H6673 , precept H6673 upon precept H6673 ; line H6957 upon line H6957 , line H6957 upon line H6957 ; here H8033 a little H2191 , and there H8033 a little H2191 ; that H4616 they might go H1980 , and fall H3782 backward H268 , and be broken H7665 , and snared H3369 , and taken H3920 .
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14. So hear the Word of Jehovah, scornful men, rulers of this people in Jerusalem.
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14. Wherefore H3651 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , ye scornful H3944 men H376 , that rule H4910 this H2088 people H5971 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389 .
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15. Because you have said, We have cut a covenant with death; and, We have made a vision with Sheol, when the overwhelming rod passes through it will not come to us for we have made the lie our refuge, and we have hidden in falsehood.
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15. Because H3588 ye have said H559 , We have made H3772 a covenant H1285 with H854 death H4194 , and with H5973 hell H7585 are we at H6213 agreement H2374 ; when H3588 the overflowing H7857 scourge H7752 shall pass through H5674 , it shall not H3808 come H935 unto us: for H3588 we have made H7760 lies H3577 our refuge H4268 , and under falsehood H8267 have we hid ourselves H5641 :
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16. So, the Lord Jehovah says this: Behold, I place in Zion a Stone for a foundation, a tried Stone, a precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation; he who believes shall not hasten.
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16. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , Behold H2009 , I lay H3245 in Zion H6726 for a foundation H3245 a stone H68 , a tried H976 stone H68 , a precious H3368 corner H6438 stone , a sure H3245 foundation H4143 : he that believeth H539 shall not H3808 make haste H2363 .
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17. And I will lay justice for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of the lie; and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
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17. Judgment H4941 also will I lay H7760 to the line H6957 , and righteousness H6666 to the plummet H4949 : and the hail H1259 shall sweep away H3261 the refuge H4268 of lies H3577 , and the waters H4325 shall overflow H7857 the hiding place H5643 .
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18. And your covenant with death shall be covered; and your vision with Sheol shall not rise up. When the overwhelming whip passes through, then you shall be for a trampling to it.
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18. And your covenant H1285 with H854 death H4194 shall be disannulled H3722 , and your agreement H2380 with H854 hell H7585 shall not H3808 stand H6965 ; when H3588 the overflowing H7857 scourge H7752 shall pass through H5674 , then ye shall be H1961 trodden down H4823 by it.
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19. As often as it passes, it shall take you; for morning by morning it shall pass; and by day and by night, it shall only be a terror to understand the message.
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19. From the time H4480 H1767 that it goeth forth H5674 it shall take H3947 you: for H3588 morning H1242 by morning H1242 shall it pass over H5674 , by day H3117 and by night H3915 : and it shall be H1961 a vexation H2113 only H7535 to understand H995 the report H8052 .
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20. For the bed is shorter than one can stretch himself on; and the cover is narrower than one can wrap himself in.
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20. For H3588 the bed H4702 is shorter H7114 than that a man can stretch himself H4480 H8311 on it : and the covering H4541 narrower H6887 than that he can wrap himself H3664 in it .
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21. For Jehovah shall rise up, as at Mount Perazim; He shall be stirred as in the Gibeon Valley; to do His work, His strange work; and to perform His task, His alien task.
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21. For H3588 the LORD H3068 shall rise up H6965 as in mount H2022 Perazim H6556 , he shall be wroth H7264 as in the valley H6010 of Gibeon H1391 , that he may do H6213 his work H4639 , his strange H2114 work H4639 ; and bring to pass H5647 his act H5656 , his strange H5237 act H5656 .
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22. So, then, do not be mockers, that your bonds not be made strong. For I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of Hosts that a full end is decreed on all the earth.
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22. Now H6258 therefore be ye not mockers H3887 H408 , lest H6435 your bands H4147 be made strong H2388 : for H3588 I have heard H8085 from H4480 H854 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 a consumption H3617 , even determined H2782 upon H5921 the whole H3605 earth H776 .
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23. Give ear and hear My voice; pay attention and hear My Word:
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23. Give ye ear H238 , and hear H8085 my voice H6963 ; hearken H7181 , and hear H8085 my speech H565 .
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24. Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clods of his ground?
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24. Doth the plowman H2790 plow H2790 all H3605 day H3117 to sow H2232 ? doth he open H6605 and break the clods H7702 of his ground H127 ?
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25. When he has leveled its surface, does he not strew black cummin, and scatter cummin, and place wheat in rows, and barley in its place, and spelt in its border?
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25. When H518 he hath made plain H7737 the face H6440 thereof , doth he not H3808 cast abroad H6327 the fitches H7100 , and scatter H2236 the cummin H3646 , and cast H7760 in the principal H7795 wheat H2406 and the appointed H5567 barley H8184 and the rye H3698 in their place H1367 ?
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26. And He instructs him for the right; his God teaches him.
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26. For his God H430 doth instruct H3256 him to discretion H4941 , and doth teach H3384 him.
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27. For black cummin is not threshed with the sledge; nor is a cartwheel turned on cummin. But black cummin is beaten out with the staff, and cummin with the rod.
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27. For H3588 the fitches H7100 are not H3808 threshed H1758 with a threshing instrument H2742 , neither is a cart H5699 wheel H212 turned H5437 about upon H5921 the cummin H3646 ; but H3588 the fitches H7100 are beaten out H2251 with a staff H4294 , and the cummin H3646 with a rod H7626 .
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28. Bread is crushed, but not always does one thresh it with threshing; and he drives the wheel of his cart; and his horses do not beat it small.
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28. Bread H3899 corn is bruised H1854 ; because H3588 he will not H3808 ever H5331 be threshing H1758 it , nor break H2000 it with the wheel H1536 of his cart H5699 , nor H3808 bruise H1854 it with his horsemen H6571 .
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29. This also comes from Jehovah of Hosts, doing wonders in counsel, making sound wisdom great.
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29. This H2063 also H1571 cometh forth H3318 from H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , which is wonderful H6381 in counsel H6098 , and excellent H1431 in working H8454 .
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