4:16 Israel has rebelled
Soon
like a lamb in a broad field!
5:7 They have committed treason
because they bore illegitimate children.
Soon
7:2 They do not realize
that I remember all of their wicked deeds.
Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;
their sinful deeds are always before me.
8:8 Israel will be swallowed up among the nations;
they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
8:10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations,
I will soon gather them together for judgment.
Then
under the oppression of a mighty king.
10:2 Their heart is slipping;
soon they will be punished for their guilt.
The Lord
he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.
5:3 I know Ephraim all too well;
the evil of
For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;
Israel has defiled itself.
8:13 They offer up sacrificial gifts to me,
and eat the meat,
but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices.
Soon he will remember their wrongdoing,
he will punish their sins,
and they will return to Egypt.
10:3 Very soon they will say, “We have no king
since we did not fear the Lord.
But what can a king do for us anyway?”