God’s Anger against Israel 1 ULT When Ephraim spoke— trembling! He lifted up himself in Israel. But he became guilty through Baal and died. BSB BSB: When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
2 ULT And now they continue to sin, and they have made for themselves a cast image from their silver, idols according to their skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. To them they are saying{ things}, the sacrificers of humanity, they kiss calves! BSB BSB: Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
3 ULT Therefore they will be like a cloud of the morning and like the dew rising early, going; like chaff— it is blown away from the threshing floor— and like smoke from a window. BSB BSB: Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
4 ULT “Yet I{ am} Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt, and you will not know a god except me, and there is no savior besides me. BSB BSB: Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 ULT I, I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. BSB BSB: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 ULT According to their pasturage, then they became satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was lifted up. Therefore they forgot me. BSB BSB: When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
7 ULT So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard along the path I will watch. BSB BSB: So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 ULT I will encounter them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear open the enclosure of their heart. And I will devour them there like a lioness; the beast of the field will rip them open. BSB BSB: Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
Death and Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50–58)
9 ULT It has destroyed you, Israel, that{ you are} against me, against your help. BSB BSB: You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
10 ULT Where{ is} your king now, that he may save you in all of your cities, and your judges of whom you said,‘Give to me a king and princes’? BSB BSB: Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
11 ULT I give to you a king in my nose, and I take{ him} away in my wrath. BSB BSB: So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
12 ULT The iniquity of Ephraim{ is} bound up; his sin{ is} stored up. BSB BSB: The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
13 ULT The pains of a woman giving birth will come to him; he{ is} a son not wise, for{ at} the time he does not stand at the womb opening of sons. BSB BSB: Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
14 ULT From the hand of Sheol I would ransom them; from death I would redeem them! Where are your plagues, Death? Where is your destruction, Sheol? Relenting is hidden from my eyes. BSB BSB: I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Judgment on Samaria 15 ULT Although he, among brothers, he bears fruit, an easterly will come, the wind of Yahweh, coming up from the wilderness, and his fountain will be ashamed and his spring will dry up. It, it will plunder the treasury of every vessel of desire. BSB BSB: Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 ULT Samaria will bear guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall; their young children will be dashed to pieces, and his pregnant women will be ripped open.” BSB BSB: Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.