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The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their altars.

Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was determined to walk after crap.

[Set] the trumpet to your mouth. As an eagle [he comes] against the house of Yahweh, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been to him for sinning.

The days of visitation have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that has the spirit is insane, for the abundance of your iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it has departed from it.

So Beth-el shall do to you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak the king of Israel shall be completely cut off.

They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].

And the sword shall fall on their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

How the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

but I will remove far off from you the northern [army], and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it has done great things.

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the sons of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom:

Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant:

Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and had cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever:

Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.