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Hear this ,
O priests !
Give heed ,
O house of Israel !
Hearken ,
O house of the king !
For the judgment pertains to you ;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah ,
and a net spread upon Tabor .
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And they have made deep the pit of Shittim ;
but I will chastise all of them .
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I know E '
phraim ,
and Israel is not hid from me ;
for now ,
O E '
phraim ,
you have played the harlot ,
Israel is defiled .
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Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God .
For the spirit of harlotry is within them ,
and they know not the LORD .
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The pride of Israel testifies to his face ;
E '
phraim shall stumble in his guilt ;
Judah also shall stumble with them .
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With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD ,
but they will not find him ;
he has withdrawn from them .
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They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD ;
for they have borne alien children .
Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields .
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Blow the horn in Gib '
e-ah ,
the trumpet in Ramah .
Sound the alarm at Beth-a '
ven ;
tremble ,
O Benjamin !
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E '
phraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment ;
among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure .
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The princes of Judah have become like those who remove the landmark ;
upon them I will pour out my wrath like water .
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E '
phraim is oppressed ,
crushed in judgment ,
because he was determined to go after vanity .
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Therefore I am like a moth to E '
phraim ,
and like dry rot to the house of Judah .
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When E '
phraim saw his sickness ,
and Judah his wound ,
then E '
phraim went to Assyria ,
and sent to the great king .
But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound .
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For I will be like a lion to E '
phraim ,
and like a young lion to the house of Judah .
I ,
even I ,
will rend and go away ,
I will carry off ,
and none shall rescue .
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I will return again to my place ,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face ,
and in their distress they seek me ,
saying ,