The New Translation.

9. Commit presumptuous wickedness.

11. an harvest against thee, among those, who lead away the captivity of my people.

C. vii. v. 5. On the [feast] day of our king, [when]

6. For they have made their heart....Ephraim sleepeth: -he burneth.

10. The pride of Israel shall be humbled to his face.

11. And Ephraim is like a simple dove without knowledge. 12. As a bird of the heavens, will I bring them down: I will chastise them, when [they] hearken to their assembly.

14. though they howled, &c. 15. I have chastised them, strengthened their arm, yet they have imagined evil.

16. They return, but not to that which profits, they were like, &c.

C. viii. v. 1. [The Assyrian] is as an eagle.

2. They shall cry unto me, O God of Israel, we know thee.

5. Thy calf, O Samaria, remove from thee:....how long will it be, ere Israel endure innocency!

6. As for him, the workman made him; therefore he is no God; for, &c.

&c.

The New Translation. 10. yea, because, &c..... and they shall soon sorrow by [bearing] the burden of the king and of the princes.

13. They sacrifice gifts, &c. and eat flesh; .... nowW will he remember, &c.

C. ix. v. 1. thou hast loved hire upon every corn-floor [i. e. where idols are worshipped.]

2. shall deceive them.

4. their pleasant food shall not, &c.

6. For, lo! they are gone from before the destroyer:

7. Israel shall know that the prophet was a fool, the spiritual man was mad:.......... thy hatred [i. e. toward me.]

8. prophet is as a snare of a fowler in all his ways. They They had deep hatred against the house of my God.

10. those they loved.

were abominable as

11. there shall be no birth, no bearing in the womb, and no conception.

12. them among men.

13. Ephraim, as I saw, is planted on a rock in a pleasant place; so, &c.

15. All their wickedness in Gilgal [I know.]

C. x. v. 1. Israel is a vine, which casteth its grapes.... he laid up fruit for himself;

The Old Translation. Yea, though, &c.....and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

They sacrifice flesh, &c. .. and eat;••••nor will he, &c.

loved a reward upon every cornfloor,

shall fail in her. their bread for their soul, &c.

For, lo! they are gone be cause of destruction;

Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the, &c..... and the great hatred.

prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

their abominations were according as they loved. from the birth and from the womb and from the conception.

them that there shall not be a man left:

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place;

but

All their wickedness is in Gilgal.

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself,

The New Translation.

4. They have spoken empty words, and swear falsely in making a covenant; and now,

5. mourn over him, and his priests shall be pained for him, for his glory, because it is departed.

6. He shall, &c.

9. O Israel, thou hast sinned more than in the days of Gibeah; there Israel stood in array:-did not the war overtake them?

10. I came against, and chastised the sons of iniquities,

11. But I passed the yoke upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to be ridden,

12. Break up the fallow ground of knowledge;

13. Ye have reaped [the punishment of] iniquity;

14. like the destruction of Zalmunna, by Jerubbaal's hand, in the day of battle, the daughter and the mother shall be dashed in pieces.

15. So shall it be, O house of Israel, unto you.

C. xi. v. 2. When I called them, then they went from me: 3. taking them up in mine and

arms;

The Old Translation.

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus, &c.

mourn over it; and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. It shall, &c.

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood:....did not overtake them.

It is in my desire that I should chastise them:....for their two furrows.

but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride,

break up your fallow ground: for, &c.

ye have reaped iniquity;

spoiled Beth-Arbel in the day of battle; the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

So shall Bethel do unto you.

As they called them, so they went from them: taking them by their arms:

but

5. He shall return, &c.and the

6. abide grievously, on &c. consume because of him,

them.

He shall not return, &c... but the

abide on, &c.....consume his branches,

"

The New Translation. 7. are in doubt because of their backsliding from me; though they called on him because of the yoke, he will not raise it.

8. is changed within me, my repentings are kindled at the same time..

The Old Translation. are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.

is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

name.

8. all his labors shall not be found profitable to him, for the iniquity wherewith he hath sinned.

9. as in the days of old.

10. Yet I have spoken unto

the prophets.

11. Verily in Gilead [there is] iniquity;

14. Therefore his Lord

shall leave his

ally.

in all my labors, they shall find none iniquity in me that

were sin.

as in the days of the solemn feast.

I have also spoken by the

Is there iniquity in Gilead?

therefore shall he leave