1When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
2And now they sin more and more,
3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud,
4Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt,
5I did know thee in the wilderness,
6According to their pasture, so were they filled;
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:
8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps,
9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities?
11I gave thee a king in mine anger,
12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him:
14I will ransom them from the power of the grave;
15Though he be fruitful among his brethren,
16Samaria shall become desolate;