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Rh :But I passed over upon her fair neck:
 * I will make Ephraim to ride;
 * Judah shall plow,
 * And Jacob shall break his clods.
 * Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
 * Reap in mercy;
 * Break up your fallow ground:
 * For it is time to seek the Lord,
 * Till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
 * Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity;
 * Ye have eaten the fruit of lies:
 * Because thou didst trust in thy way,
 * In the multitude of thy mighty men.
 * Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people,
 * And all thy fortresses shall be spoiled,
 * As Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle:
 * The mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
 * So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness:
 * In a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.


 * Israel was a child, then I loved him,
 * And called my son out of Egypt.
 * As they called them, so they went from them:
 * They sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
 * I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms;