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| 1 Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. |
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| 2 And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all. |
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| 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled. |
Ephraim – Christendom. D22
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| 4 Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah. |
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| 5 And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. |
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| 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
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| 7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions. |
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 the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud at Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin! |
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| 9 Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure. |
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| 10 The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. |
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| 11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man2. |
Broken in judgment – Made desolate, "broken through punishment." R1434:1*
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| 12 And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. |
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| 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore. |
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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, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. |
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| 15 I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. |
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