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Rh :The young lions have roared upon him,
 * And let their voice resound;
 * And they have made his land desolate,
 * His cities are laid waste,
 * Without inhabitant.
 * The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes
 * Feed upon the crown of thy head.
 * Is it not this that doth cause it unto thee,
 * That thou hast forsaken the thy God,
 * When He led thee by the way?


 * And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt,
 * To drink the waters of Shihor?
 * Or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria,
 * To drink the waters of the River?
 * Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,
 * And thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
 * Know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing,
 * That thou hast forsaken the thy God,
 * Neither is My fear in thee,
 * Saith the Lord of hosts.


 * For of old time I have broken thy yoke,
 * And burst thy bands,
 * And thou saidst: 'I will not transgress';
 * Upon every high hill
 * And under every leafy tree
 * Thou didst recline, playing the harlot.
 * Yet I had planted thee a noble vine,
 * Wholly a right seed;
 * How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant
 * Of a strange vine unto Me?
 * For though thou wash thee with nitre,
 * And take thee much soap,
 * Yet thine iniquity is marked before Me,
 * Saith the Lord.


 * How canst thou say: 'I am not defiled,
 * I have not gone after the Baalim'?
 * See thy way in the Valley,
 * Know what thou hast done;
 * Thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;
 * A wild ass used to the wilderness,
 * That snuffeth up the wind in her desire;
 * Her lust, who can hinder it?
 * All they that seek her will not weary themselves;
 * In her month they shall find her.
 * Withhold thy foot from being unshod,
 * And thy throat from thirst;
 * But thou saidst: 'There is no hope;
 * No, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'


 * As the thief is ashamed when he is found,
 * So is the house of Israel ashamed;
 * They, their kings, their princes,
 * And their priests, and their prophets;
 * Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father',
 * And to a stone: 'Thou hast brought us forth',
 * For they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face;
 * But in the time of their trouble they will say:
 * 'Arise, and save us.'
 * But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?
 * Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble;