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When I would healIsrael, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evildeeds of Samaria, For they dealfalsely; The thiefenters in, Banditsraidoutside,
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When they go, I will spread My netover them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.
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Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speakliesagainst Me.
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And they do not cry to Me from their heartWhen they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and newwine they assemble themselves, They turnaway from Me.
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They turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitfulbow; Their princes will fall by the swordBecause of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.