When Ephraim used to speak there was trembling;
And now they go on sinning.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
Yet it was I, the Lord your God,
It was I who shepherded you in the wilderness,
When they were pastured
So now I will be to them like a lion,
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
You are destroyed, Israel,
I want to rule you!
I give you kings in my anger,
Ephrahn’s iniquity is gathered up,
The pangs of childbirth come upon him,
Should I deliver them from the power of Sheol?
Though he is flourishing among his brothers ,
Samaria will bear her guilt,