1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.
2 Now they sin more and more,
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
4 "Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt;
5 I knew you in the wilderness,
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled;
7 Therefore I am like a lion to them.
8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,
9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me,
10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities?
11 I have given you a king in my anger,
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him.
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
15 Though he is fruitful amongst his brothers, an east wind will come,
16 Samaria will bear her guilt,