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| [1]O ye priestes heare this, take heede O thou housholde of Israel, geue eare O thou house of the king, for iudgement [is] against you, because you are become as a snare on Mizphah, and a spread net vpon the mount of Thabor |
[1]Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. |
| [2]They kyll sacrifices by heapes, and turne farre from the Lord, and I haue ben a rebuker of them all |
[2]And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. |
| [3]I knowe Ephraim well inough, and Israel is not hid fro me: for nowe O Ephraim thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled |
[3]I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. |
| [4]They wyll not geue their myndes to turne vnto their God: for the spirite of fornication [is] in the middest of them, and they haue not knowen the Lorde |
[4]They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. |
| [5]And the pryde of Israel doth testifie to his face: therefore both Israel and Ephraim shal fal for their wickednesse, and Iuda with them also |
[5]And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. |
| [6]They shall come with their sheepe and bullockes to seeke the Lorde, but they shall not finde hym: for he is gone from them |
[6]They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
| [7]They haue transgressed against the Lorde, and brought vp bastarde chyldren: a moneth therefore shall deuour them, with their portions |
[7]They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. |
| [8]Blowe with the shawmes at Gibea, and with the trumpet in Ramah, crye out at Bethauen, after thee O Beniamin |
[8]Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
| [9]In the tyme of the plague shall Ephraim be layde waste: in the tribes of Israel haue I shewed the trueth |
[9]Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. |
| [10]The princes of Iuda haue ben lyke them that remoue the lande markes: therefore wyll I powre out my wrath vpon them like water |
[10]The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. |
| [11]Ephraim is oppressed and broken in iudgement, because he wyllyngly folowed the commaundement |
[11]Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. |
| [12]Therefore wyll I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iuda as a caterpiller |
[12]Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. |
| [13]When Ephraim sawe his sicknesse, and Iuda his disease, Ephraim went vnto Assur, and sent vnto kyng Iareb, yet coulde not he helpe you, nor ease you of your payne |
[13]When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. |
| [14]I wyll be vnto Ephraim as a lion, and as a lions whelpe to the house of Iuda: I [euen] I wyll spoyle, and go my away: I wyll take away, and no man shall rescue |
[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 none shall rescue him. |
| [15]I wyll go and returne to my place, tyll they knowledge that they haue sinned and seeke me. In their aduersitie they shall early seeke me |
[15]I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |