7
They have dealt treacherously against HaShem, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.
8
Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!'
9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be.
10
The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.
11
Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.
12
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13
And when Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Contentious; but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound.
14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, will tear and go away, I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.
15
I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face; in their trouble they will seek Me earnestly:
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