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| [1]When I vndertoke to make Israel whole, then the vngraciousnesse of Ephraim, and the wickednes of Samaria came to light, for thei go about with lyes, therfore the theefe robbeth within, and the spoyler destroyeth without |
[1]WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed and the wickedness of Samaria; for they committed falsehood in my presence; and the thief came in, and the robber robbed men in the streets. |
| [2]They consider not in their heartes that I remember al their wickednesse: Nowe their owne inuentions haue beset them, whiche I see well inough |
[2]And they never said in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own devices have beset them about; they were before my face. |
| [3]They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes |
[3]They have made the kings glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. |
| [4]All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened |
[4]Their rulers are all adulterers, their passion is as an oven heated to bake bread, the baker who kneads the dough ceases from going to the city, and waits until it is leavened. |
| [5][This is] the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners |
[5]The day they start to give counsel, the princes begin to become inflamed with wine; they stretch out their hands with wicked men. |
| [6]For whyles they lye in wayte, they haue made redye their heart lyke an ouen, their baker sleepeth all night, in the morning it burneth as a flambe of fire |
[6]Because their heart is hot like an oven with their plots, all night their anger is suppressed; and in the morning it burns as a flaming fire. |
| [7]They are altogether as hotte as an ouen, and haue deuoured their owne iudges, all their kinges are fallen, yet is there none of them that calleth vpon me |
[7]They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen; there is none among them who calls upon me |
| [8]Ephraim hath mixt him selfe among [heathen] people, Ephraim is become like a cake that no man turneth |
[8]Ephraim has mixed himself with Gentiles; Ephraim has become as a loaf of bread which is eaten before it is baked. |
| [9]Straungers haue deuoured his strength, and he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of gray heeres, yet wyll he not knowe it |
[9]Thus strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yea, gray hairs have grown upon him, yet he knows it not. |
| [10]And the pryde of Israel testifieth to his face, yet wyll they not turne to the Lorde their God, nor seeke hym for all this |
[10]And the pride of Israel has been humbled in his presence; and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. |
| [11]Ephraim is like a doue that is begyled and hath no heart: nowe call they vpon the Egyptians, now go they to the Assyrians |
[11]Ephraim also is like a young dove without understanding; they have come to Egypt, they are gone to Assyria. |
| [12]But whyle they be goyng here and there I shal spreade my net ouer them, and drawe them downe as the foules of the ayre: and according as they haue ben warned, so wyll I punishe them |
[12]Wherever they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the air; I will chastise them according to the testimony which is heard against them. |
| [13]Wo be vnto them, for they haue forsaken me, they must be destroyed, for they haue set me at naught: I am he that hath redeemed them, yet haue they spoken lyes agaynst me |
[13]Woe to them! for they have fled from me; I will bring misfortune upon them because they have transgressed against me; though I have saved them, yet they have spoken lies against me. |
| [14]They call not vpon me with their heartes, but lye howlyng vpon their beddes: they wyll assemble them selues for corne and wine, but rebel against me |
[14]And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howled upon their beds; they quarrel over wheat and wine, and they have rebelled against me. |
| [15]I haue bounde [vp] and strengthened their arme: yet do they imagine mischiefe agaynst me |
[15]Though I have disciplined and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. |
| [16]They turne them selues, but not to the most hyest, and are become as a broken bowe, their princes shalbe slayne with the sworde for the malice of their tongues: this shalbe their derision in the lande of Egypt |
[16]They have perverted themselves for nothing; they have become like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the boldness of their tongue; such shall be their entanglement in the land of Egypt |