<vn='1'>When <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="7578">trembling</s>, <sn="1931">he</s><sn="5375">exalted</s> himself in <sn="3478">Israel</s>; but when he <sn="816">offended</s> in <sn="1168">Baal</s>, he <sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="6258">now</s> they <sn="2398">sin</s> more and <sn="3254">more</s>, and have <sn="6213">made</s> them molten <sn="4541">images</s> of their <sn="4480 3701">silver</s>, and <sn="6091">idols</s> according to their own <sn="8394">understanding</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> of it the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="2796">craftsmen</s>: <sn="1992">they</s><sn="559">say</s> of them, Let the <sn="120">men</s> that <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="5401">kiss</s> the <sn="5695">calves</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="6051">cloud</s>, and as the <sn="7925">early</s><sn="2919">dew</s> that passeth <sn="1980">away</s>, as the <sn="4671">chaff</s> that is driven with the <sn="5590">whirlwind</s> out of the <sn="4480 1637">floor</s>, and as the <sn="6227">smoke</s> out of the <sn="4480 699">chimney</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Yet <sn="595">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> from the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and thou shalt <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="430">god</s><sn="2108">but</s> me: for there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="3467">savior</s><sn="1115">beside</s> me. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="589">I</s> did <sn="3045">know</s> thee in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of great <sn="8514">drought</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>According to their <sn="4830">pasture</s>, so were they <sn="7646">filled</s>; they were <sn="7646">filled</s>, and their <sn="3820">heart</s> was <sn="7311">exalted</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> have they <sn="7911">forgotten</s> me. </v>
<vn='7'>Therefore I will <sn="1961">be</s> unto them <sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="7826">lion</s>: as a <sn="5246">leopard</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> will I <sn="7789">observe</s> them: </v>
<vn='8'>I will <sn="6298">meet</s> them as a <sn="1677">bear</s> that is <sn="7909">bereaved</s> of her whelps, and will <sn="7167">rend</s> the <sn="5458">caul</s> of their <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> will I <sn="398">devour</s> them like a <sn="3833">lion</s>: the <sn="7704">wild</s><sn="2416">beast</s> shall <sn="1234">tear</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'>O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, thou hast <sn="7843">destroyed</s> thyself; <sn="3588">but</s> in me is thine <sn="5828">help</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>I will <sn="165">be</s> thy <sn="4428">king</s>: <sn="645">where</s> is any other that may <sn="3467">save</s> thee in <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="5892">cities</s>? and thy <sn="8199">judges</s> of <sn="834">whom</s> thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s> me a <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="8269">princes</s>? </v>
<vn='11'>I <sn="5414">gave</s> thee a <sn="4428">king</s> in mine <sn="639">anger</s>, and took him <sn="3947">away</s> in my <sn="5678">wrath</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s> is bound <sn="6887">up</s>; his <sn="2403">sin</s> is <sn="6845">hid</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="2256">sorrows</s> of a travailing <sn="3205">woman</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> upon him: <sn="1931">he</s> is an <sn="3808 2450">unwise</s><sn="1121">son</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5975">stay</s><sn="6256">long</s> in the place of the breaking <sn="4866">forth</s> of <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I will <sn="6299">ransom</s> them from the <sn="4480 3027">power</s> of the <sn="7585">grave</s>; I will <sn="1350">redeem</s> them from <sn="4480 4194">death</s>: O <sn="4194">death</s>, I will <sn="165">be</s> thy <sn="1698">plagues</s>; O <sn="7585">grave</s>, I will <sn="165">be</s> thy <sn="6987">destruction</s>: <sn="5164">repentance</s> shall be <sn="5641">hid</s> from mine <sn="4480 5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">Though</s><sn="1931">he</s> be <sn="6500">fruitful</s><sn="996">among</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, an east <sn="6921">wind</s> shall <sn="935">come</s>, the <sn="7307">wind</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall come <sn="5927">up</s> from the <sn="4480 4057">wilderness</s>, and his <sn="4726">spring</s> shall become <sn="954">dry</s>, and his <sn="4599">fountain</s> shall be dried <sn="2717">up</s>: <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="8154">spoil</s> the <sn="214">treasure</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2532">pleasant</s><sn="3627">vessels</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="8111">Samaria</s> shall become <sn="816">desolate</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> she hath <sn="4784">rebelled</s> against her <sn="430">God</s>: they shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>: their <sn="5768">infants</s> shall be dashed in <sn="7376">pieces</s>, and their women with <sn="2030">child</s> shall be ripped <sn="1234">up</s>. </v>