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| 1 Hear ye this–O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence,–for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor. |
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| 2 And, a slaughter, have apostates deeply designed,–though, I, was a rebuker to them all. |
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| 3 I, have known Ephraim, and, Israel, hath not been hidden from me,–for, now, hast thou committed unchastity, O Ephraim, Israel, hath made himself impure. |
Ephraim – Christendom. D22
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| 4 Their doings, will not suffer, them to return unto their God,–for, the spirit of unchastity, is within them, and, Yahweh, have they not known. |
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| 5 Therefore will the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face,–and, Israel and Ephraim, shall stumble in their iniquity, even Judah with them, hath stumbled. |
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| 6 With their flocks and with their herds, will they go to seek Yahweh, but shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
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| 7 With Yahweh, have they dealt treacherously, for, to alien children, have they given birth,–now, a new moon, shall devour them, with their portions. |
Strange children – Members of the nominal church, begotten not of the truth, but of error; partaking, not of the spirit of Christ, but of the spirit of the world. R1009:1
Tares. (Matt. 13:38) R1009:2
Those whom God does not acknowledge as his sons. R1009:1
Now – While in a rejected, spewed-out condition. R1434:1*
A month – 30 years--the divinely set time during which the false shepherds shall be devoured. R1433:6*
"Three shepherds also I cut off in one month." (Zech. 11:8) R1433:3*
Their portions – Possessions. (Leeser) R1434:1*
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| 8 Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah,–sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin! |
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| 9 Ephraim, shall become, a desolation, in the day of rebuke: Throughout the tribes of Israel, have I hide known what is sure. |
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| 10 The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath. |
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| 11 Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment,–because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood. |
Broken in judgment – Made desolate, "broken through punishment." R1434:1*
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| 12 But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim,–and like rotten wood to the house of Judah. |
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| 13 When Ephraim, saw, his injury, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and [Judah] sent unto a hostile king,–yet, he, cannot heal you, nor will the wound, remove from you. |
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| 14 For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,–I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue. |
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| 15 I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face,–In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search. |
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