The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
1When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
2Now they sin more and more;
they make idols for themselves from their silver,
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss calf-idols!”
3Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window.
4“But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
5I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
6When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
7So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.
9“You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
10Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
13Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
15even though he thrives among his brothers.
An east wind from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.
His storehouse will be plundered
of all its treasures.
16The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.”13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
对以色列的最后审判
1以法莲支派在以色列地位崇高，
他们一开口，人都恐惧颤抖。
但他们却祭拜巴力，以致犯罪而亡。
2如今他们作恶日甚，
为自己铸造神像，
用银子精工制作偶像，
但这统统不过是匠人之作。
人们议论他们说：
“那些献祭的人竟亲吻牛犊偶像！”
3他们像晨雾，如转瞬即逝的朝露，
像麦场上飞旋而去的糠秕，
又像窗口冒出的轻烟。
4耶和华说：
“自从你们离开埃及以来，
我就是你们的上帝耶和华。
除我以外，你们不可有别的神明；
在我以外，你们也没有别的救主。
5我曾在干旱的旷野照顾你们，
6但你们得到喂养，便得饱足。
你们饱足以后，就心高气傲，忘记了我。
7因此，我要像狮子攻击你们，
如豹子潜伏在路旁；
8我要像一头失了幼崽的母熊冲向你们，
撕裂你们的胸膛；
我要像母狮吞噬你们，
像凶猛的野兽撕碎你们。
9“以色列啊，你要灭亡了，
因为你抵挡我，抵挡你的帮助者。
10你曾求我为你设立君王和首领，
现在拯救你的君王在哪里呢？
在各城管理你的首领在哪里呢？
11我在愤怒中赐给你君王，
也在愤怒中废黜他们。
12“以法莲的过犯已被记录在册，
他的罪恶已被储存入库。
13临产的阵痛要临到他，
但他是毫无智慧的孩子，
分娩之时却不离开母腹。
14我要解救他们脱离阴间的权势吗？
我要救赎他们脱离死亡吗？
死亡啊，你的灾殃在哪里？
阴间啊，你的毁灭在哪里？
我必不施怜悯。
15尽管以法莲在众弟兄中最强盛，
从耶和华而来的东风要从沙漠刮来，
使清泉枯竭，水井干涸。
他储藏的一切珍宝都要被掳去。
16撒玛利亚人背叛了他们的上帝，
要担当自己的罪过。
他们将丧身刀下，
他们的孩子要被摔死，
孕妇要被剖腹。”
