1 When Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; but when he offended in Ba’al [lord (a false god)], he died.

2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

4 Yet I [am] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] from the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and youi shall know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.

5 I did know youi in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:

8 I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend (tear apart; forcefully rip apart) the caul (membrane; fatty tissue around a bodily organ) of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

9 O Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], youi have destroyed yourself; but in me [is] youi help.

10 I will be youri king: where [is any other] that may save youi in all youri cities? and youri of whom youi said, Give me a king and princes?

11 I gave youi a king in my anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be youri plagues; O grave, I will be youri destruction: repentance shall be hid from my eyes.

15 Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil (plunder; prey; booty) the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

16 Shomron [watch mountain] shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.