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Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk;I took them in My arms;But they did not know that I healed them.

They will not return to the land of Egypt;But Assyria—he will be their kingBecause they refused to return to Me.

But I have been Yahweh your God since the land of Egypt;I will make you settle in tents again,As in the days of the appointed festival.

But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt,And by a prophet he was kept.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.He lifted himself up in Israel,But through Baal he became guilty and died.

Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;Whoever is discerning, let him know them.For the ways of Yahweh are right,And the righteous will walk in them,But transgressors will stumble in them.

But Yahweh gives forth His voice before His military force;Surely His camp is very numerous,For mighty is he who does His word.The day of Yahweh is indeed great and very awesome,And who can endure it?

But I will remove the northern military force far from you,And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,And its vanguard into the eastern sea,And its rear guard into the western sea.And its stench will rise up, and its foul smell will rise up,For it has done great things."

Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

But Judah will be inhabited foreverAnd Jerusalem from generation to generation.

"But you made the Nazirites drink wine,And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!'

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?Lord Yahweh has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

But they do not know how to do what is right," declares Yahweh, "these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels."

"But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your citiesAnd lack of bread in all your places,Yet you have not returned to Me," declares Yahweh.

So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink water,But would not be satisfied;Yet you have not returned to Me," declares Yahweh.

But do not seek Bethel,And do not come to Gilgal,Nor cross over to Beersheba;For Gilgal will certainly go into exile,And Bethel will become evil.

But let justice roll down like watersAnd righteousness like an ever‑flowing stream.

But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal house."

But Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.'

"Behold, days are coming," declares Lord Yahweh,"When I will send a famine on the land,Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,But rather for hearing the words of Yahweh.