I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; Israel is defiled.

以法莲为我所知；以色列不能向我隐藏。以法莲哪，现在你行淫了，以色列被玷污了。”

至于我，我认识以法莲，以色列不能向我隐藏。以法莲哪，现在你竟然行淫，以色列竟然被污辱。

至于我，我认识以法莲，以色列不能向我隐藏。以法莲哪，现在你竟然行淫，以色列竟然被污辱。

以法莲做了妓女，我一清二楚；以色列玷污了自己，也瞒不过我。”

我认识以法莲，以色列也瞒不住我；以法莲啊！现在你竟行淫，以色列竟玷污了自己。

以法蓮為我所知；以色列不能向我隱藏。以法蓮哪，現在你行淫了，以色列被玷污了。

至於我，我認識以法蓮，以色列不能向我隱藏。以法蓮哪，現在你竟然行淫，以色列竟然被污辱。

至於我，我認識以法蓮，以色列不能向我隱藏。以法蓮哪，現在你竟然行淫，以色列竟然被污辱。

以法蓮做了妓女，我一清二楚；以色列玷污了自己，也瞞不過我。」

我認識以法蓮，以色列也瞞不住我；以法蓮啊！現在你竟行淫，以色列竟玷污了自己。

我、我早就認識了以法蓮了，以色列是不能向我隱藏的；但如今呢、以法蓮哪，你竟行淫了，以色列竟被玷污了。

以法蓮為我所知、以色列無隱於我、以法蓮歟、爾乃行淫、以色列被玷、

以法蓮以色列所行、我已灼知、豈容稍隱、以法蓮行淫、以色列污衊、

以法蓮為我所知、以色列莫能隱於我、今以法蓮行淫、以色列被污穢、

I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.

I know all about the people of Ephraim. What Israel is doing is not hidden from me. Now they have joined themselves to other gods. They have made themselves‘ unclean.’

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.

I know what you are like, O Ephraim. You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel. You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband; you are utterly defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful, Israel has defiled itself.

I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom,[ and] Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.

I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,

For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.

The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin( within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria, and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

The LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel, who will wipe out the house of Jeroboam. This is the day, yes, even today!For the LORD will strike Israel so that they will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates because they made their Asherah poles, angering the LORD.He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.”

The LORD will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah: He will bring the king of Assyria.”

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.

His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”So he blessed them that day, putting Ephraim before Manasseh when he said,“ The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.

Jeroboam said to himself,“ The kingdom might now return to the house of David.If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, the heart of these people will return to their lord, King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and go back to the king of Judah.”So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people,“ Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.This led to sin; the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

“ Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriorsdressed in blue, governors and prefects, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on steeds.She offered her sexual favors to them; all of them were the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all those she lusted after and with all their idols.She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin nipples, and poured out their lust on her.Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she lusted for.They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.“ Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in bright red,wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, their native land.At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.Yet she multiplied her acts of promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth when she acted like a prostitute in the land of Egyptand lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.So you revisited the depravity of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certain among the tribes of Israel.

Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.