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For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

And Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and hath built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is become a snare of ruin upon all his ways, madness is in the house of his God.

Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre, founded in beauty: and Ephraim shall bring out his children to the murderer.

Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.

For itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king: shame shall fall upon Ephraim, and Israel shall be confounded in his own will.

I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted.

The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads.

Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.

In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.

Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.

He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, his sin is hidden.

Because he shall make a separation between brothers: the Lord will bring a burning wind that shall rise from the desert, and it shall dry up his springs, and shall make his fountain desolate, and he shall carry off the treasure of every desirable vessel.

(14-6) I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

(14-7) His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.

(14-8) They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.

For a nation come up upon my land, strong, and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion’s whelp.