Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Eḏ
For the Eḏ
If Eḏ
“Mitsrayim shall become a ruin, and Eḏ
Remember, O יהוה, against the sons of Eḏ
Who is an Ě
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of fools.
“Do not loathe an Eḏ
Become, then, imitators of Elohim as beloved children.
“I have loved you,” said יהוה. “But you asked, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ “Was not Ě
“For I would not strive forever, nor am I wroth forever, for the spirit would grow faint before Me, even the beings I have made.
Would You be enraged with us forever? Would You draw out Your displeasure From generation to generation?
“And I am very wroth with the nations who are at ease, for when I was a little wroth, they furthered the evil!”
“And now, see, the children of Ammon and Mo’aḇ
and see, they are repaying us by coming in to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.
“Yisra’ĕ
