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The Response to God’s Rebuke 1 “Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has tornus,but He will heal us; He has woundedus,but He will bandage us. 2 “He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. 3 “So let us […]

Ephraim’s Iniquity 1 When I would heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside, 2 And they do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are […]

Israel Reaps the Whirlwind 1 Putthe trumpet to your lips! Like an eaglethe enemy comesagainst the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. 2 They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” 3 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. […]

Ephraim Punished 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have lovedharlots’ earnings on every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them. 3 They will not remain in the Lord’sland, […]

Retribution for Israel’s Sin 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he made; The richer his land, The better he made thesacredpillars. 2 Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. The Lordwill break down their altars Anddestroy theirsacredpillars. 3 Surely now […]

God Yearns over His People 1 When Israelwasa youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. 2 The more they called them, The more they went from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took […]

Ephraim Reminded 1 Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt. 2 The Lordalso has a dispute with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds. […]

Ephraim’s Idolatry 1 When Ephraim spoke,there wastrembling. He exalted himself in Israel, But through Baal he did wrong and died. 2 And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves molten images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who […]

Israel’s Future Blessing 1 Return, O Israel, to the Lordyour God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2 Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity And receiveusgraciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips. 3 “Assyria will not save us, We will […]