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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 give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street, |
| [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 do not say to their heart, [That] all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been. |
| [3]They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes |
[3]With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes. |
| [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]All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening. |
| [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]A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves [with] the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners. |
| [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]For they have drawn near, As an oven [is] their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning 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]All of them are warm as an oven, And they have devoured their judges, All their kings have fallen, There is none calling unto Me among them. |
| [8]Ephraim hath mixt him selfe among [heathen] people, Ephraim is become like a cake that no man turneth |
[8]Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned. |
| [9]Straungers haue deuoured his strength, and he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of gray heeres, yet wyll he not knowe it |
[9]Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled [itself] on him, And he hath not known. |
| [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 humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought 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]And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- [to] Asshur they have gone. |
| [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]When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard. |
| [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]Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and 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 have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me. |
| [15]I haue bounde [vp] and strengthened their arme: yet do they imagine mischiefe agaynst me |
[15]And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil! |
| [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 turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt! |