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E '
phraim mixes himself with the peoples ;
E '
phraim is a cake not turned .
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Aliens devour his strength ,
and he knows it not ;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him ,
and he knows it not .
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The pride of Israel witnesses against him ;
yet they do not return to the LORD their God ,
nor seek him ,
for all this .
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E '
phraim is like a dove ,
silly and without sense ,
calling to Egypt ,
going to Assyria .
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As they go ,
I will spread over them my net ;
I will bring them down like birds of the air ;
I will chastise them for their wicked deeds .
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Woe to them ,
for they have strayed from me !
Destruction to them ,
for they have rebelled against me !
I would redeem them ,
but they speak lies against me .
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They do not cry to me from the heart ,
but they wail upon their beds ;
for grain and wine they gash themselves ,
they rebel against me .
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Although I trained and strengthened their arms ,
yet they devise evil against me .
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They turn to Ba '
al ;
they are like a treacherous bow ,
their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue .
This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt .