¹ When^◦ Ephraim spoke in horror^◦, he^◦ lifted· himself ·up in Israel; and he became·​·guilty in Baal, and he died.

² And now they add to sin, and have made for themselves 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.

³ Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew rising·​·early and going^◦, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind from the threshing·​·floor, and as the smoke from a chimney.

⁴ And I^▵ am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt not know a God except Me; and there is no saviour except^▵ Me.

⁵ I^◦ did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

⁶ According·​·to their pasture, so were they satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me.

⁷ And I will be to them as^▵ a lion^◦; as a leopard by^◦ the way will I observe^◦ them:

⁸ I will encounter them as a bear bereaved, and will rend the enclosure of their heart, and there will I devour them as an old·​·lion; the wild·​·animal of the field shall rip them.

⁹ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but^◦ in Me is thy help.

¹⁰ I·​·will·​·be thy king; where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities, and thy judges of whom thou didst say, Give to me a king and princes?

¹¹ I gave thee a king in My anger, and took him away in My wrath.

¹² The iniquity of Ephraim is bundled; his sin is kept·​·secret.

¹³ The pangs of her who gives·​·birth shall come to him; he^◦ is a son not wise; for he stands not even for a time in the breaking forth^* of sons.

¹⁴ I will ransom them from the hand of hell; I will redeem them from death; O death, I·​·will·​·be thy pestilences; O hell, I·​·will·​·be thy destruction^◦: repentance shall be hidden from My eyes.

¹⁵ For between the brothers, he^◦ shall be as a wild·​·ass; an east·​·wind shall come, the wind of Jehovah shall come·​·up from the wilderness, and his spring shall dry·​·up, and his fountain shall be wasted; He^◦ shall pillage the treasure of all the vessels of desire.

^{16 14:1} Samaria shall be·​·guilty; for she has rebelled against^◦ her God; they shall fall by the sword: their babes shall be dashed, and their pregnant women shall be ripped·​·open.

¹ David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

² David arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the Name of Yahweh of Armies who sits [above] the cherubim.

³ They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

⁴ They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

⁵ David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of [instruments made of] fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled.

⁷ The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

⁸ David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.

⁹ David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

¹⁰ So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

¹¹ The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.

¹² It was told king David, saying, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.

¹³ It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

¹⁴ David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

¹⁵ So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

¹⁶ It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

¹⁷ They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.