Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
When Ephraim spoke,
there
was
trembling ;
he was
exalted in Israel .
But he incurred
guilt
through
Baal, and
he died.
When Ephraim spake
trembling ,
he exalted himself
in Israel ;
but when
he offended
in
Baal, he died.
Now they sin more and more and make
for
themselves
cast
images, idols skillfully
made
from
their silver
, all of them
the work of craftsmen .
People
say of them, “They
offer
human
sacrifice and
kiss the calves !”
And
now they sin more and more ,
and have
made
them
molten
images of
their
silver
, and
idols according
to
their own
understanding
, all of it
the work of the
craftsmen :
they
say of them, Let
the
men
that
sacrifice kiss the calves .
Therefore they will
be like
the morning mist,
like
the early dew that vanishes
, like
chaff blown
from
a
threshing
floor, like
smoke through
an
open
window
.
Therefore they shall
be as
the morning cloud
and
as
the early dew that passeth
away
, as
the
chaff that
is
driven
with
the
whirlwind
out
of
the
floor, and
as
the
smoke out
of
the
chimney
.
Yet I am the LORD your
God ever
since
the land of Egypt ;
you
know no God but Me ,
for there is no Savior
besides
Me.
Yet I am the LORD thy
God from
the land of Egypt ,
and
thou
shalt
know no god but me :
for there is no saviour
beside
me.
I knew
you
in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
I did
know
thee
in the wilderness, in the land of great
drought.
When
they
had
pasture, they became
satisfied
; when
they were satisfied,
their
hearts
became
proud
, and as
a
result
they forgot
Me.
According
to
their
pasture, so
were
they filled
; they were filled
, and their
heart
was
exalted;
therefore
have
they forgotten
me.
So
like
a
lion
I will pounce
on
them ;
like
a leopard I
will
lurk
by the path.
Therefore
I will be
unto
them as
a lion:
as
a
leopard by the way
will
I
observe
them:
Like
a bear robbed
of her cubs
I
will
attack
them
, and I
will tear
open
their chests.
There I
will devour them like a lion ,
like
a
wild beast would
tear them apart
.
I
will
meet
them
as
a bear that
is
bereaved
of her whelps
, and will rend
the
caul
of
their heart,
and
there will I
devour them like a lion :
the
wild beast shall
tear them.
You
are
destroyed,
O Israel, because
you
are
against
Me —
against
your
helper
.
O Israel, thou
hast
destroyed
thyself;
but
in
me is
thine
help
.
Where is your
king
now
to
save you
in all your
cities ,
and the
rulers
to
whom you
said
, “
Give me a king and princes ”
?
I
will
be
thy
king:
where is any
other
that
may
save thee
in all thy
cities ?
and thy
judges
of
whom thou
saidst
, Give me a king and princes?
So
in
My
anger
I gave you
a king, and in
My
wrath
I
took him away.
I gave thee
a king in
mine
anger
, and took him away in
my
wrath
.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored
up
.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid
.
Labor
pains
come upon him ,
but
he is an unwise son .
When
the
time
arrives,
he fails
to
present
himself
at
the opening
of the womb
.
The
sorrows
of
a
travailing
woman
shall
come upon him :
he is an unwise son ;
for
he should
not
stay
long
in
the place
of the breaking
forth
of
children
.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol
; I will redeem them from Death .
Where,
O Death, are
your
plagues ?
Where,
O Sheol
, is
your
sting?
Compassion
is
hidden
from My
eyes.
I will ransom them from the power of the
grave
; I will redeem them from death :
O death, I
will
be
thy
plagues ;
O grave
, I
will
be
thy
destruction:
repentance
shall
be
hid
from mine
eyes.
Although
he flourishes
among his brothers
, an east wind will
come —
a
wind from
the LORD rising
up from the desert.
His
fountain
will
fail
, and his spring will
run
dry .
The
wind
will
plunder
his treasury
of every
precious
article
.
Though
he be
fruitful
among his brethren
, an east wind shall
come ,
the
wind of
the LORD shall
come
up from the wilderness
, and his spring shall
become
dry ,
and
his fountain
shall
be
dried
up:
he
shall
spoil
the
treasure
of all
pleasant
vessels
.
Samaria will
bear
her
guilt
because
she has
rebelled against her God .
They will
fall by the sword ;
their little
ones
will
be dashed to
pieces, and their pregnant
women ripped open
.
Samaria shall
become
desolate;
for
she hath
rebelled against her God :
they shall
fall by the sword :
their infants
shall
be dashed in
pieces, and their women with
child
shall
be
ripped up
.
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