“ The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half baked cake!

“以法莲与列邦人搀杂；以法莲是没有翻过的饼。

以法莲混居在万民中，以法莲是没有翻过的饼。

以法莲混居在万民中，以法莲是没有翻过的饼。

“以法莲与外族人混杂，就像没有翻过的饼。

“以法莲与外族混杂，以法莲是没有翻过的饼。

以法蓮與列邦人攙雜；以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。

以法蓮混居在萬民中，以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。

以法蓮混居在萬民中，以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。

「以法蓮與外族人混雜，就像沒有翻過的餅。

“以法蓮與外族混雜，以法蓮是沒有翻過的餅。

以法蓮在列族之民中容許自己被攙雜；以法蓮成了個烙餅、沒翻過的。

以法蓮雜於列邦、乃為未翻之餅、

以法蓮譬諸炊餅、不反必致焦灼、

以法蓮雜處雜處或作混入異邦、以法蓮即如不翻之餅、

“ Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

The people of Ephraim mix with the nations. They are like a thin loaf of bread that is baked on only one side.

Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

Ephraim is himself thrown about with the nations; Ephraim has become a round loaf not turned over.

“ Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.

Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.

Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

Don’t let your daughters marry their sons! Don’t take their daughters as wives for your sons. Don’t ever promote the peace and prosperity of those nations. If you follow these instructions, you will be strong and will enjoy the good things the land produces, and you will leave this prosperity to your children forever.’

About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said,“ Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the Lord’s beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.

Then Elijah stood in front of them and said,“ How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

“ When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria— to the great king there— but he could neither help nor cure them.

For they go up to their roofs and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the Lord, but then they worship Molech, too.

“ No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.

They have betrayed the honor of the Lord, bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.

You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.

The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.“ Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.“ And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.“ Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

Now Israel pleads with me,‘ Help us, for you are our God!’But it is too late. The people of Israel have rejected what is good, and now their enemies will chase after them.The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.

“ I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!