And the sovereign said to Do’ĕ
Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.
“For the laws of Omri are strictly observed, and all the works of the house of Aḥ
“With their evil they make a sovereign glad, and rulers with their lies.
“Ephrayim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because it pleased him to walk after Tsaw.
And they conspired against him, and at the command of the sovereign they stoned him with stones in the courtyard of the House of יהוה.
‘And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a cake of bread, and say, “Please, put me in one of the priestly positions to eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”
even to choose him out of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕ
But Shemu’ĕ
“And make long shirts for Aharon’s sons. And you shall make girdles for them, and you shall make turbans for them, for esteem and comeliness.
His priests fell by the sword, And their widows could not weep.
Do not lie in wait, O wrong one, Against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not ravage his resting place;
