"And thenI will uncoverher lewdnessIn the sightof her lovers,And noonewill rescueher out of My hand.
They will dealwith you in hatred,takeallyour property,and leaveyou nakedand bare.And the nakednessof your harlotrieswill be uncovered,both your lewdnessand your harlotries.
Thereforedo not go on passing judgmentbeforethe time,[but wait] untilthe Lordcomeswhowill bothbring to lightthe things hiddenin the darknessand disclosethe motivesof [men's] hearts;and theneach man'spraisewill cometo him from God.
The remnantof JacobWill be among the nations,AmongmanypeoplesLike a lionamong the beastsof the forest,Like a younglionamong flocksof sheep,Which,ifhe passesthrough,Tramplesdownand tears,And thereis noneto rescue.
OrI will stripher nakedAnd exposeher as on the daywhen she was born.I will also makeher like a wilderness,Makeher like desertlandAnd slayher with thirst.
"So I Myselfhave alsostrippedyour skirtsoffoveryour face,That your shamemay be seen.
"Ifyou sayin your heart,Whyhave thesethingshappenedto me?' Because of the magnitudeof your iniquityYour skirtshave been removedAnd your heelshave been exposed.
Therefore the Lordwill afflictthe scalpof the daughtersof Zionwith scabs,And the LORDwill maketheir foreheadsbare."
Assuredly,the evilmanwill not gounpunished,But the descendantsof the righteouswill be delivered.
"Nowconsiderthis,you who forgetGod,OrI will tear[you] in pieces, and therewill be noneto deliver.
And as raiderswaitfor a man,[So] a bandof priestsmurderon the wayto Shechem;Surelythey have committedcrime.
For the sonsof the wickedAthaliahhad brokeninto the houseof Godand evenusedthe holythingsof the houseof the LORDfor the Baals.
"You tooksomeof your clothes,madefor yourself highplacesof variouscolorsand playedthe harloton them, which should nevercomeabout norhappen.
"Also My breadwhichI gaveyou, fineflour,oiland honeywith which I fedyou, you would offerbeforethem for a soothingaroma;so it happened,"declaresthe LordGOD.
Israelis a luxuriantvine;He producesfruitfor himself. The morehis fruit,The morealtarshe made;The richerhis land,The betterhe madethe [sacred] pillars.
When Ephraimspoke,[there was] trembling.He exaltedhimselfin Israel,But through Baalhe didwrongand died.
