1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

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Hosea 11:2, Hosea 11:2, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 18:18

2Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'

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Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 44:17, Isaiah 44:20, Hosea 2:8, 1 Kings 19:18

3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

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Hosea 6:4, Psalms 1:4, Hosea 6:4, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 68:2

4"Yet I am the Lord your God [that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven. But I did not show them to you that you should go after them, but I brought you up] from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

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Isaiah 45:21, Isaiah 45:22, Isaiah 45:21, Isaiah 45:22, Hosea 12:9

5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

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Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 8:15, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 8:15

6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

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Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalms 10:4

7Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

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Jeremiah 5:6, Hosea 5:14, Jeremiah 5:6, Hosea 5:14, Lamentations 3:10

8I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

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2 Samuel 17:8, 2 Samuel 17:8, Proverbs 17:12, Psalms 50:22, Jeremiah 12:9

9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

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Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 2:19, Deuteronomy 33:26

10Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?'

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Hosea 8:4, Hosea 8:4, 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 8:6, 1 Samuel 8:5

11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

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1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Kings 14:7, 1 Kings 14:16, Hosea 10:3

12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

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Job 14:17, Deuteronomy 32:34, Deuteronomy 32:35, Job 14:17, Deuteronomy 32:34

13The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.

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Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 13:8, Micah 4:9

14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your sting? "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

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Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 25:8, Revelation 21:4, Revelation 21:4, James 1:17

15Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of the Lord coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

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Ezekiel 19:12, Ezekiel 19:12, Ezekiel 17:10, Ezekiel 17:10, Jeremiah 4:11

16Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

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2 Kings 15:16, 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Kings 15:16, 2 Kings 8:12, Isaiah 13:16