God’s Continuing Love for Israel
2 1As they called them,
So they awent from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.
So they awent from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.
4 I drew them with1 gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And aI was to them as those who take the yoke from their1 neck.
bI stooped and fed them.
With bands of love,
And aI was to them as those who take the yoke from their1 neck.
bI stooped and fed them.
5 “He shall not return to the land of Egypt;
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to repent.
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to repent.
6 And the sword shall slash in his cities,
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on abacksliding from Me.
Though1 they call to the Most High,
None at all exalt Him.
Though1 they call to the Most High,
None at all exalt Him.
8 “Howa can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like bAdmah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart1 churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like bAdmah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart1 churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
aFor I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not1 come with terror.
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
aFor I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not1 come with terror.
10 “They shall walk after the Lord.
aHe will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
aHe will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
aLike a dove from the land of Assyria.
bAnd I will let them dwell in their houses,”
Says the Lord.
aLike a dove from the land of Assyria.
bAnd I will let them dwell in their houses,”
Says the Lord.
God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the1 Holy One who is faithful.
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the1 Holy One who is faithful.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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