When Ephraim
spake
trembling,
he exalted
himself in Israel;
but when he offended
in Baal,
he died.
And now they sin
more and more,
and have made
them molten images
of their silver,
and idols
according to their own understanding,
all of it the work
of the craftsmen:
they say
of them, Let the men
that sacrifice
kiss
the calves.
molten image
χώνευμα
chōneuma
Therefore they shall be as the morning
cloud,
and as the early
dew
that passeth away,
as the chaff
that is driven with the whirlwind
out of the floor,
and as the smoke
out of the chimney.
dew
δρόσος
drosos
dust
χνοῦς
chnous
blow away
ἀποφυσώμενος
apophysōmenos
Yet I am the LORD
thy God
from the land
of Egypt,
and thou shalt know
no god
but me:
for there is no saviour
beside me.
exhibit side by side
παρέδειξά
paredeixa
besides
πάρεξ
parex
I did know
thee in the wilderness,
in the land
of great drought.
According to their pasture,
so were they filled;
they were filled,
and their heart
was exalted;
therefore have they forgotten
me.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:
as a leopard
by the way
will I observe
them:
I will meet
them as a bear
that is bereaved
of her whelps, and will rend
the caul
of their heart,
and there will I devour
them like a lion:
the wild
beast
shall tear
them.
rend
διαρρήξω
diarrēxō
closed place
συγκλεισμὸν
synkleismon
cub
σκύμνοι
skymnoi
thicket
δρυμοῦ
drymou
O Israel,
thou hast destroyed
thyself; but in me is thine help.
I will
be thy king:
where
is any other that may save
thee in all thy cities?
and thy judges
of whom thou saidst,
Give
me a king
and princes?
I gave
thee a king
in mine anger,
and took
him away in my wrath.
The iniquity
of Ephraim
is bound up;
his sin
is hid.
The sorrows
of a travailing woman
shall come
upon him: he is an unwise
son;
for he should not stay
long
in the place of the breaking forth
of children.
I will ransom
them from the power
of the grave;
I will redeem
them from death:
O death,
I will
be thy plagues;
O grave,
I will
be thy destruction:
repentance
shall be hid
from mine eyes.
Though he be fruitful
among his brethren,
an east wind
shall come,
the wind
of the LORD
shall come up
from the wilderness,
and his spring
shall become dry,
and his fountain
shall be dried up:
he shall spoil
the treasure
of all pleasant
vessels.
dry up
ἀναξηρανεῖ
anaxēranei
vein
φλέβας
phlebas
utterly desolate
ἐξερημώσει
exerēmōsei
ally
καταξηρανεῖ
kataxēranei
cravings
ἐπιθυμητὰ
epithymēta
Samaria
shall become desolate;
for she hath rebelled
against her God:
they shall fall
by the sword:
their infants
shall be dashed in pieces,
and their women with child
shall be ripped up.
at the breast
ὑποτίτθια
hypotitthia
rend
διαρραγήσονται
diarragēsontai
