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And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

Though a harlot thou art , O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I am a fetter to them all.

I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms is in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions.

Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.

And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I--I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

I go--I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

And we know--we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain--sprinkling earth.'

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early--going.

Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There is the whoredom of Ephraim--defiled is Israel.

Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!

`When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,