1 GLT “When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted 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 GLT And now they sin more and more, and they make for themselves cast metal images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them,‘Those who sacrifice people 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 GLT Therefore they will be like the morning clouds, and like the dew that goes away early, like the chaff that swirls 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 GLT But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you were to know no god except me, for 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 GLT 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 GLT When they had their pasture, then they became full; they were filled, and their heart became 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 GLT So I will become like a lion to them; like a leopard I will lurk along the path. BSB BSB: So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 GLT I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs. I will rip open their chests, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would tear them apart. 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.
9 GLT He destroys you, O Israel; for you are against me, against your helper. BSB BSB: You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
10 GLT Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and your rulers, about whom you said,‘Give 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 GLT I gave you a king in my anger, and I took 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 GLT 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 GLT Pains of childbirth will come on him, but he is an unwise son, for at the right time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb. 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 GLT Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Will I redeem them from death? Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion 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.
15 GLT Though he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come; the wind of Yahweh will come up from the wilderness. His fountain will dry up, and his spring will be parched. It will plunder his treasury of every precious object. 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 GLT Samaria will be held guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their young children will be dashed to pieces, and their 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.