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Rh :Cry aloud at Beth-aven,
 * After thee, O Benjamin.
 * Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke:
 * Among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
 * The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:
 * Therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
 * Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
 * Because he willingly walked after the commandment.
 * Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth,
 * And to the house of Judah as rottenness.
 * When Ephraim saw his sickness,
 * And Judah saw his wound,
 * Then went Ephraim to the Assyrian,
 * And sent to king Jareb:
 * Yet could he not heal you,
 * Nor 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 none shall rescue him.


 * I will go and return to my place,
 * Till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face:
 * In their affliction they will seek me early.