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Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

Ephraim {H669} provoked him to anger {H3707} most bitterly {H8563}: therefore shall he leave {H5203} his blood {H1818} upon him, and his reproach {H2781} shall his Lord {H113} return {H7725} unto him.

Efrayim has given bitter provocation, so the penalty for his bloodshed will be thrown down on him, and his Lord will repay him for his insult.

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 18:13 (5 votes)

    Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Daniel 11:18 (4 votes)

    After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause [it] to turn upon him.

  • 2 Kings 17:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ For [so] it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

  • 2 Kings 17:18 (3 votes)

    Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 2 Samuel 1:16 (2 votes)

    And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • Ezekiel 24:7 (2 votes)

    For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

  • Ezekiel 24:8 (2 votes)

    That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.