<t /><p class="poetry">Ephraim has been like a dove,p> <p class="poetry">easily deceived and lacking discernment.p> <p class="poetry">They called to Egypt for help;p> <p class="poetry">they turned to Assyria for protection.p>

<p class="poetry">Shout for joy, Daughter Zion!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Shout out, Israel!p> <p class="poetry">Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!p>

If you do not listen and take seriously<n id="1" /> the need to honor my name,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all, &#8220;I will send judgment<n id="2" /> on you and turn your blessings into curses &#8211; indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Jacob also deceived<n id="1" /> Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.<n id="2" />

But the magicians of Egypt did the same<n id="1" /> by their secret arts, and so<n id="2" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="3" /> and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron<n id="4" /> &#8211; just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted.

The magicians said<n id="1" /> to Pharaoh, &#8220;It is the finger<n id="2" /> of God!&#8221; But Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="3" /> and he did not listen to them, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted.p>

Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate,<n id="1" /> and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="2" /> and he did not release the people.p>

But the <sc>Lordsc> hardened<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted to Moses.p>

So Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="1" /> and he did not release the Israelites, as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted through Moses.p>

I will harden<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor<n id="2" /> because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know<n id="3" /> that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221; So this is what they did.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But the <sc>Lordsc> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly.<n id="1" />

And as for me, I am going to harden<n id="1" /> the hearts of the Egyptians so that<n id="2" /> they will come after them, that I may be honored<n id="3" /> because<n id="4" /> of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen.

You<n id="1" /> are to speak to all who are specially skilled,<n id="2" /> whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,<n id="3" /> so that they may make<n id="4" /> Aaron&#8217;s garments to set him apart<n id="5" /> to minister as my priest.

Every woman who was skilled<n id="1" /> spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,

Why do you frustrate the intent<n id="1" /> of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the <sc>Lordsc> has given them?

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it<n id="1" /> and yet dark with a thick cloud.<n id="2" />

But to this very day the <sc>Lordsc> has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!<n id="1" />

My countrymen<n id="1" /> who accompanied<n id="2" /> me frightened the people,<n id="3" /> but I remained loyal to the <sc>Lordsc> my God.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">Issachar&#8217;s leaders were with Deborah,p> <p class="poetry">the men of Issachar<n id="1" /> supported<n id="2" /> Barak;p> <p class="poetry">into the valley they were sent under Barak&#8217;s command.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Among the clans of Reuben there was intense<n id="4" /> heart searching.<n id="5" />p>

The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.<n id="1" />p>