微读圣经

1when I heal Israel, Ezk 24:13; Hs 6:4; 7:13; 11:8

the sins of Ephraim Hs 5:3 and the crimes of Samaria Hs 8:5-6; 10:5,7; 13:16

will be exposed.

For they practice fraud; Hs 4:2

a thief breaks in;

a raiding party pillages outside. Hs 6:9

2But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Ps 25:7; Jr 14:10; 17:1; Am 8:7

Now their sins are all around them; Jr 2:19; 4:18; Hs 4:9

they are right in front of My face.

Israel’s Corruption

3They please the king with their evil, Jr 28:1-4; Mc 7:3

the princes with their lies. Hs 4:2; 11:12

4All of them commit adultery; Jr 9:2; 23:10

they are like an oven heated by a baker

who stops stirring the fire

from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

5On the day of our king,

the princes are sick with the heat of wine Is 28:1,7-8 —

there is a conspiracy with traitors. Lit wine — he stretches out his hand to scorners ; Hb obscure

6For they — their hearts like an oven —

draw him into their oven.

Their anger smolders all night;

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7All of them are as hot as an oven, Ps 21:9

and they consume their rulers. Hs 13:10

All their kings fall;

not one of them calls on Me. These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.

8Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.

Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

9Foreigners consume his strength, Is 1:7

but he does not notice. Hs 4:6

Even his hair is streaked with gray,

but he does not notice.

10Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, Lit against his face Hs 5:5

yet they do not return to Yahweh their God, Hs 5:4

and for all this, they do not seek Him.

11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; Hs 4:6,11,14; 5:4

they call to Egypt, Hs 8:13; 9:3,6 and they go to Assyria. Hs 5:13; 8:9; 12:1

12As they are going, I will spread My net over them; Ezk 12:13

I will bring them down like birds of the sky.

I will discipline them in accordance

with the news that reaches Lit news to their assembly.

The Lord’s Second Lament

13Woe to them, Hs 9:12 for they fled from Me; Jr 14:10; Hs 9:17

destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!

Though I want to redeem them, Jr 51:9; Hs 7:1; Mt 23:37

they speak lies against Me.

14They do not cry to Me from their hearts;

rather, they wail on their beds.

They slash themselves Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay 1Kg 18:28 for grain and new wine; Am 2:8

they turn away from Me.

15I trained and strengthened their arms, Hs 11:3

but they plot evil against Me. Nah 1:9

16They turn, but not to what is above; Some emend to turn to what is useless

they are like a faulty bow. Ps 78:57

Their leaders will fall by the sword

because of the cursing of their tongue. Ps 12:3-4; 17:10; Dn 7:25; Mal 3:13-14

They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt. Ezk 23:32