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Rh :The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark;
 * I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.
 * Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right;
 * Because he willingly walked after filth.
 * Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth,
 * And to the house of Judah as rottenness.
 * And when Ephraim saw his sickness,
 * And Judah his wound,
 * Ephraim went to Assyria,
 * And sent to King Contentious;
 * But he is not able to heal you,
 * Neither shall he cure you of your wound.
 * For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion,
 * And as a young lion to the house of Judah;
 * I, even I, will tear and go away,
 * I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.
 * I will go and return to My place,
 * Till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face;
 * In their trouble they will seek Me earnestly:
 * 'Come, and let us return unto the ;
 * For He hath torn, and He will heal us,
 * He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.
 * After two days will He revive us,
 * On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
 * And let us know, eagerly strive to know the ,
 * His going forth is sure as the morning;
 * And He shall come unto us as the rain,
 * As the latter rain that watereth the earth.'


 * O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?
 * O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?
 * For your goodness is as a morning cloud,
 * And as the dew that early passeth away,
 * Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets,
 * I have slain them by the words of My mouth;
 * And thy judgment goeth forth as the light.
 * For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,
 * And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.


 * But they like men have transgressed the covenant;
 * There have they dealt treacherously against Me.
 * Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity,
 * It is covered with footprints of blood.
 * And as troops of robbers wait for a man,
 * So doth the company of priests;
 * They murder in the way toward Shechem;
 * Yea, they commit enormity.
 * In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
 * There harlotry is found in Ephraim,
 * Israel is defiled.
 * Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee!


 * When I would turn the captivity of My people,
 * When I would heal Israel,
 * Then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered,
 * And the wickedness of Samaria,
 * For they commit falsehood;