Assyria shall (A)not save us,
(B)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(C)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

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14 But You have (A)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (B)commits[a] himself to You;
(C)You are the helper of the fatherless.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts

(A)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

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17 (A)A horse is a [a]vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:17 false

18 (A)I will not leave you orphans; (B)I will come to you.

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“Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
(A)Your fruit is found in Me.”

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13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (A)wound,
Then Ephraim went (B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.

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17 For (A)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

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The Folly of Not Trusting God

31 Woe to those (A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And (B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
(C)Nor seek the Lord!

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16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!

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“It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will (A)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause (B)the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.

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10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will (A)cut[a] off your (B)horses from your midst
And destroy your (C)chariots.
11 I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no (D)soothsayers.
13 (E)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (F)no more worship the work of your hands;
14 I will pluck your [b]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:10 destroy
  2. Micah 5:14 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  2. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

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