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א שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ הַאֲזִינוּ--כִּי לָכֶם, הַמִּשְׁפָּט: כִּי-פַח הֱיִיתֶם לְמִצְפָּה, וְרֶשֶׁת פְּרוּשָׂה עַל-תָּבוֹר.
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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.
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ב וְשַׁחֲטָה שֵׂטִים, הֶעְמִיקוּ; וַאֲנִי, מוּסָר לְכֻלָּם.
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2 And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all.
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ג אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא-נִכְחַד מִמֶּנִּי: כִּי עַתָּה הִזְנֵיתָ אֶפְרַיִם, נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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3 I, even I, know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled.
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ד לֹא יִתְּנוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם, לָשׁוּב אֶל-אֱלֹהֵיהֶם: כִּי רוּחַ זְנוּנִים בְּקִרְבָּם, וְאֶת-יְהוָה לֹא יָדָעוּ.
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4 Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD.
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ה וְעָנָה גְאוֹן-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּפָנָיו; וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶפְרַיִם, יִכָּשְׁלוּ בַּעֲוֺנָם--כָּשַׁל גַּם-יְהוּדָה, עִמָּם.
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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.
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ו בְּצֹאנָם וּבִבְקָרָם, יֵלְכוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת-יְהוָה--וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּ: חָלַץ, מֵהֶם.
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6 With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.
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ז בַּיהוָה בָּגָדוּ, כִּי-בָנִים זָרִים יָלָדוּ; עַתָּה יֹאכְלֵם חֹדֶשׁ, אֶת-חֶלְקֵיהֶם. {ס}
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7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions. {S}
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ח תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה; הָרִיעוּ בֵּית אָוֶן, אַחֲרֶיךָ בִּנְיָמִין.
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8 Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!'
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ט אֶפְרַיִם לְשַׁמָּה תִהְיֶה, בְּיוֹם תּוֹכֵחָה; בְּשִׁבְטֵי, יִשְׂרָאֵל, הוֹדַעְתִּי, נֶאֱמָנָה.
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9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be.
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י הָיוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה, כְּמַסִּיגֵי גְּבוּל; עֲלֵיהֶם, אֶשְׁפּוֹךְ כַּמַּיִם עֶבְרָתִי.
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10 The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.
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יא עָשׁוּק אֶפְרַיִם, רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט: כִּי הוֹאִיל, הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי-צָו.
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11 Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.
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יב וַאֲנִי כָעָשׁ, לְאֶפְרָיִם; וְכָרָקָב, לְבֵית יְהוּדָה.
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12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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יג וַיַּרְא אֶפְרַיִם אֶת-חָלְיוֹ, וִיהוּדָה אֶת-מְזֹרוֹ, וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶפְרַיִם אֶל-אַשּׁוּר, וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל-מֶלֶךְ יָרֵב; וְהוּא, לֹא יוּכַל לִרְפֹּא לָכֶם, וְלֹא-יִגְהֶה מִכֶּם, מָזוֹר.
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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.
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יד כִּי אָנֹכִי כַשַּׁחַל לְאֶפְרַיִם, וְכַכְּפִיר לְבֵית יְהוּדָה; אֲנִי אֲנִי אֶטְרֹף וְאֵלֵךְ, אֶשָּׂא וְאֵין מַצִּיל.
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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.
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טו אֵלֵךְ אָשׁוּבָה אֶל-מְקוֹמִי, עַד אֲשֶׁר-יֶאְשְׁמוּ וּבִקְשׁוּ פָנָי: בַּצַּר לָהֶם, יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי.
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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:
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