When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was lifted up in Israel. But he became guilty through Baal and died.
And now they add to their sinning and make for themselves a cast image from their silver, idols according to their understanding — all of it the work of craftsmen. To them they are saying, “Those who sacrifice among men kiss calves!”
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud, and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, and like smoke from a window.
And I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and a god besides me you shall not know, and there is no savior but me.
I myself knew you in the wilderness, in a land of drought.
According to their pasture, so they were satisfied; they were satisfied and their heart was lifted up — therefore they forgot me.
And I have become to them like a lion; like a leopard by the way I will look out.
I will meet them like a bear bereaved, and I will tear open the enclosure of their heart; and there I will devour them like a lioness — the animal of the field will split them open.
Death and Resurrection
It has ruined you, Israel, for in me is your help.
Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and your judges of whom you said, “Give me a king and officials”?
I give you a king in my anger, and I take him away in my fury.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored away.
The pangs of a woman in labor come to him. He is an unwise son, for at the time he does not stand at the breaking open of sons.
From the hand of Sheol I will ransom them; from death I will redeem them. Where are your pestilences, Death? Where is your destruction, Sheol? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
Judgment on Samaria
For he flourishes among brothers. An east wind will come, a wind of the LORD rising from the wilderness, and his spring will dry up and his fountain will be parched. He himself will plunder the treasure of every desirable vessel.
Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall; their little ones will be dashed in pieces, and his pregnant women ripped open.
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