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Rh :Therefore shall his blood be cast upon him,
 * And his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.


 * When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling,
 * He exalted himself in Israel;
 * But when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
 * And now they sin more and more,
 * And have made them molten images of their silver,
 * According to their own understanding, even idols,
 * All of them the work of the craftsmen;
 * Of them they say:
 * 'They that sacrifice men kiss calves.'
 * Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud,
 * And as the dew that early passeth away,
 * As the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing-floor,
 * And as the smoke out of the window.


 * Yet I am the thy God
 * From the land of Egypt;
 * And thou knowest no God but Me,
 * And beside Me there is no saviour.
 * I did know thee in the wilderness,
 * In the land of great drought.
 * When they were fed, they became full,
 * They were filled, and their heart was exalted;
 * Therefore have they forgotten Me.
 * Therefore am I become unto them as a lion;
 * As a leopard will I watch by the way;
 * I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps,
 * And will rend the enclosure of their heart;
 * And there will I devour them like a lioness,
 * The wild beast shall tear them.


 * It is thy destruction, O Israel,
 * That thou art against Me, against thy help.
 * Ho, now, thy king,
 * That he may save thee in all thy cities!
 * And thy judges, of whom thou saidst:
 * 'Give me a king and princes!'
 * I give thee a king in Mine anger,
 * And take him away in My wrath.


 * The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
 * His sin is laid up in store.
 * The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him;
 * He is an unwise son;
 * For it is time he should not tarry
 * In the place of the breaking forth of children.
 * Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world?
 * Shall I redeem them from death?
 * Ho, thy plagues, O death!
 * Ho, thy destruction, O nether-world!
 * Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!
 * For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants,
 * An east wind shall come, the wind of the coming up from the wilderness,
 * And his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up,
 * He shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.


 * Samaria shall bear her guilt,
 * For she hath rebelled against her God;
 * They shall fall by the sword;
 * Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,