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13 : 1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;he was exalted in Israel,but he incurred guiltthrough Baal and died.
13 : 2 And now they sin more and more,andmake for themselves metal images,idols skillfully made of their silver,all of them the work of craftsmen.It is said of them,Those who offer human sacrificekiss calves!
13 : 3 Therefore they shall belike the morning mistorlike the dew that goes early away,like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floororlike smoke from a window.
13 : 4 ButI am theLordyour Godfrom the land of Egypt;you know no God but me,andbesides me there is no savior.
13 : 5 It was I who knew you in the wilderness,in the land of drought;
13 : 6 but when they had grazed,they became full,they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;therefore they forgot me.
13 : 7 SoI am to them like a lion;like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
13 : 8 I will fall upon themlike a bear robbed of her cubs;I will tear open their breast,and there I will devour them like a lion,as a wild beast would rip them open.
13 : 9 He destroysyou, O Israel,for you are against me, againstyour helper.
13 : 10 Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?Where are all your rulers&emdash;those of whomyou said,Give me a king and princes?
13 : 11 I gave you a king in my anger,andI took him away in my wrath.
13 : 12 The iniquity of Ephraim isbound up;his sin iskept in store.
13 : 13 The pangs of childbirth come for him,but he is an unwise son,for at the right time he does not present himselfat the opening of the womb.
13 : 14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?Shall I redeem them from Death?ODeath, where are your plagues?OSheol, where is your sting?Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
13 : 15 Thoughhe may flourish among his brothers,the east wind, the wind of theLord, shall come,rising from the wilderness,and his fountain shall dry up;his spring shall be parched;it shall striphis treasuryof every precious thing.
13 : 16 Samariashall bear her guilt,becauseshe has rebelled against her God;they shall fall by the sword;their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,and theirpregnant women ripped open.