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The Lord has sent a word against Jacob ,
and it will light upon Israel ;
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and all the people will know ,
E '
phraim and the inhabitants of Sama '
ria ,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart :
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The bricks have fallen ,
but we will build with dressed stones ;
the sycamores have been cut down ,
but we will put cedars in their place ."
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So the LORD raises adversaries against them ,
and stirs up their enemies .
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The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth .
For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still .
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The people did not turn to him who smote them ,
nor seek the LORD of hosts .
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So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail ,
palm branch and reed in one day --
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the elder and honored man is the head ,
and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail ;
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for those who lead this people lead them astray ,
and those who are led by them are swallowed up .
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Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men ,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows ;
for every one is godless and an evildoer ,
and every mouth speaks folly .
For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still .
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For wickedness burns like a fire ,
it consumes briers and thorns ;
it kindles the thickets of the forest ,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke .
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Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned ,
and the people are like fuel for the fire ;
no man spares his brother .
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They snatch on the right ,
but are still hungry ,
and they devour on the left ,
but are not satisfied ;
each devours his neighbor '
s flesh ,
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Manas '
seh E '
phraim ,
and E '
phraim Manas '
seh ,
and together they are against Judah .
For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still .