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1When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of 2Samaria; for 3they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.
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But they do not consider that 4I remember all their evil. Now 5their deeds surround them; 6they are before my face.
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9They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
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On the day of 10our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
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For with hearts like an oven 11they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All 12their kings 13have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.
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Ephraim 14mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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15Strangers devour his strength, and 16he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and 17he knows it not.
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18The pride of Israel testifies to his face;a 19yet they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him, for all this.
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As they go, 23I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; 24I will discipline them 25according to the report made to their congregation.
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26Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! 27I would redeem them, but 28they speak lies against me.
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29They do not cry to me from the heart, but 30they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
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Although 31I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)