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will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. [1] [2]
7 The days of punishment are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it : the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred. [3] 8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. [4] 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will judge their sins. 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves to that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left : yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. [5] 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. [6] 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

CHAP. 10.


Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit to himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made beautiful images. [7] [8] 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. [9] [10] [11] 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for its people shall mourn over it, and

  1. destruction: Heb. spoil
  2. the...: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire
  3. spiritual...: Heb. man of the spirit
  4. in the: or, against the
  5. miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit
  6. the...: Heb. the desires
  7. an...: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth
  8. images: Heb. statues, or, standing images
  9. Their heart...: or, He hath divided their heart
  10. break...: Heb. behead
  11. images: Heb. statues, or, standing images