11:1 Early in the morning were they cast
off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I
loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
11:2 As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to
Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
11:3 Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew
not that I healed them.
11:4 When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I
will be to them as a man smiting [another] on his cheek: and I will have
respect to him, I will prevail with him.
11:5 Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king,
because he would not return.
11:6 And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to
war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices:
11:7 and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall
be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
11:8 How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect thee,
Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Adama, and as Seboim;
my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
11:9 I will not act according to the fury of y wrath, I will not abandon
Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One
within thee: and I will not enter into the city.
11:10 I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he
shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
11:11 They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove
out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses,
saith the Lord.
11:12 Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and
Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called
God's holy people. |
11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved
him, and called my son out of Egypt.
11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto
Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew
not that I healed them.
11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them
as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be
his king, because they refused to return.
11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his
branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them
to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart
is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to
destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of
thee: and I will not enter into the city.
11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he
shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the
land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with
deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. |