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1. Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the Or, judgement is toward you controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Or, the watchtower Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,
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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. which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I Gr. will be your corrector will correct you.
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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, and Israel Lit. has not departed; Alex. apestin is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.
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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. They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known 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. And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall Gr. be weak fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall 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. They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from 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. For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
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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 ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed.
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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 has come to Gr. vanishing nought in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful dealings.
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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 princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as 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 altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgement under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
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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. Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda.
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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. And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
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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. Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.
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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 and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and then shall they seek my face.
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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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