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Rh : Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
 * But when he offended in Baal, he died.
 * And now they sin more and more,
 * And have made them molten images of their silver,
 * And idols according to their own understanding,
 * All of it the work of the craftsmen:
 * They say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
 * Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud,
 * And as the early dew that passeth away,
 * As the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor,
 * And as the smoke out of the chimney.
 * Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt,
 * And thou shalt know no god but me:
 * For there is no saviour beside me.
 * I did know thee in the wilderness,
 * In the land of great drought.
 * According to their pasture, so were they filled;
 * They were filled, and their heart was exalted;
 * Therefore have they forgotten me.
 * Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:
 * As a leopard by the way will I observe them:
 * I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps,
 * And will rend the caul of their heart,