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Israel's people refuse to change

‘Ephraim's people have mixed themselves with people of other nations.[a]
So they have become useless, like bread that is not properly cooked.[b]
Foreign people have taken away Israel's strength.
But the Israelites do not realize what is happening!
They have become like an old man with grey hair.
But they do not realize how weak they are.
10 Israel's people are too proud to change.
This shows that they are guilty.
They still refuse to turn back to me, the Lord their God.
In all their troubles, they do not look for my help.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:8 Ephraim was another name for Israel, the northern kingdom of God's people.
  2. 7:8 Israel's leaders thought that Assyria might attack them. So they went to ask for help from Egypt, Syria and Philistia. They did not trust God to help them.