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Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1]Hear this, O ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. [No book]
[2]And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all. [No book]
[3]I, even I, know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled. [No book]
[4]Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎. [No book]
[5]But the pride of Israel shall testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity, Judah also shall stumble with them. [No book]
[6]With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them. [No book]
[7]They have dealt treacherously against ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions. [No book]
[8]Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!' [No book]
[9]Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be. [No book]
[10]The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water. [No book]
[11]Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth. [No book]
[12]Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah rottenness. [No book]
[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. [No book]
[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. [No book]
[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: [No book]
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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