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¹⁰The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark;

I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.

¹¹Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right;

Because he willingly walked after filth.

¹²Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth,

And to the house of Judah as rottenness.

¹³And when Ephraim saw his sickness,

And Judah his wound,

Ephraim went to Assyria,

And sent to King Contentious;

But he is not able to heal you,

Neither shall he cure you of your wound.

¹⁴For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion,

And as a young lion to the house of Judah;

I, even I, will tear and go away,

I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.

¹⁵I will go and return to My place,

Till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face;

In their trouble they will seek Me earnestly:

6'Come, and let us return unto the Lord;

For He hath torn, and He will heal us,

He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.

²After two days will He revive us,

On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

³And let us know, eagerly strive to know the Lord,

His going forth is sure as the morning;

And He shall come unto us as the rain,

As the latter rain that watereth the earth.'

 

⁴O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?

O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?

For your goodness is as a morning cloud,

And as the dew that early passeth away,

⁵Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets,

I have slain them by the words of My mouth;

And thy judgment goeth forth as the light.

⁶For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,

And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.

 

⁷But they like men have transgressed the covenant;

There have they dealt treacherously against Me.

⁸Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity,

It is covered with footprints of blood.

⁹And as troops of robbers wait for a man,

So doth the company of priests;

They murder in the way toward Shechem;

Yea, they commit enormity.

¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;

There harlotry is found in Ephraim,

Israel is defiled.

¹¹Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee!

 

When I would turn the captivity of My people,

7When I would heal Israel,

Then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered,

And the wickedness of Samaria,

For they commit falsehood;

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