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 When^◦ I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed, and the evils of Samaria; for they work falsely; and the thief comes·​·in, and the troop attacks outside.

² And they say not^▵ in their hearts that I remember all their evil; now their own actions have turned· them ·around; they are in·​·front·​·of My face.

³ They make· the king ·glad with their evil, and princes with their denials.

⁴ All of them are adulterers, like^▵ a burning oven of the baker, who ceases from stirring, from kneading the dough until it be leavened.

⁵ In the day of our king the princes have become sick with the fury from wine; he drew forth his hand with^◦ scorners.

⁶ For they have offered their heart as an oven, while they set·​·an·​·ambush; their baker is sleeping all the night; in the morning it^◦ burns as a flaming fire.

⁷ All of them are· as ·hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is none among^◦ them that calls unto^▵ Me.

⁸ Ephraim, he^◦ has mixed himself among^◦ the people; Ephraim is a cake^◦ not^▵ turned.

⁹ Strangers have devoured his power, and he^◦ knows it not; yes^◦, gray·​·hairs are sprinkled on^◦ him, and he^◦ knows it not.

¹⁰ And the pride of Israel answers to his face; and they do not return to^▵ Jehovah their God, nor seek Him in all this.

¹¹ Ephraim also is like^◦ a silly dove without^▵ heart; they call·​·to Egypt, they go^◦ to Assyria.

¹² As^◦ they shall go, I will spread My net upon them; I will bring· them ·down as the fowls of the heavens; I will chastise them, at the hearing of their congregation.

¹³ Woe to them^◦! for they have fled·​·away from Me; devastation for them^◦! for they have transgressed against Me: and I^▵ have redeemed^◦ them^◦, and they have spoken lies against Me.

¹⁴ And they have not cried to^▵ Me with their heart, when^◦ they howled on their beds; they league·​·together on grain and must^*, they turn·​·aside against^◦ Me.

¹⁵ And I^◦ have chastened them and made· their arms ·firm, and they think evil toward^▵ Me.

¹⁶ They return, but not above; they become as a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword from the indignation of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.