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HOSEA
[XIII
- When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
- But when he offended in Baal, he died.
- And now they sin more and more,
- And have made them molten images of their silver,
- And idols according to their own understanding,
- All of it the work of the craftsmen:
- They say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
- Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud,
- And as the early dew that passeth away,
- As the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor,
- And as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt,
- And thou shalt know no god but me:
- For there is no saviour beside me.
- I did know thee in the wilderness,
- In the land of great drought.
- According to their pasture, so were they filled;
- They were filled, and their heart was exalted;
- Therefore have they forgotten me.
- Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:
- As a leopard by the way will I observe them:
- I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps,
- And will rend the caul of their heart,
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