The Consequence of Historical Apostasy

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"When I found Isra'el, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing a fig tree's first figs in its first season. But as soon as they came to Ba'al-P'or, they dedicated themselves to something shameful; they became as loathsome as the thing they loved.

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The glory of Efrayim will fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

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Even if they raise their children, I will destroy them till none is left - and woe to them when I leave them, too!"

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Efrayim, as I see it, is like Tzor, planted in a pleasant place; but Efrayim will bring out his children to the slaughterer.

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ADONAI, give them - what will you give? Give them wombs that miscarry and dried-up breasts!

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"All their wickedness was already there in Gilgal; that's where I came to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will expel them from my house, I will love them no more; all their leaders are rebels.

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Efrayim has been struck down, their root has been dried up, they will bear no fruit. Even if they do give birth, I will kill their cherished offspring."

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My God will cast them aside, because they wouldn't listen to him, and they will become wanderers among the Goyim.

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