7 Hath he smitten him according to thesmiting of those that smote him 3 or is he slain according to the slaying of his slain?

8 In exact measure, by sending her away, thou contendest with her; he driveth her away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

9 Therefore by this shall the guilt of Jacob be expiated; and this is all the fruit, taking away his sin ; when he maketh all the stones of the altar like chalkstones dashed in pieces, the Asherim and sun-pillars arise no more.

10 For the defenced city is solitary, an habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness ; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume her branches. ’

11 In the ’withering of her boughs they shall be broken off 3 women cOme, and set them on ﬁre ; for it is not a people of discernment: therefore he that made them hath no compassion on them, and he that formed them sheweth them no favour.

2. ‘of foaming ’ so Heb. text. ‘Of’ some MSS. (Targ.?) and several editors.3. ‘hurt ’: or, ‘intrude (lit. visit) upon it.4. Many, altering vowel points, read ‘ I have no ’ (said by the vinegard). i.e. prob., ‘if only one would set briers, ’7 tin. Perhaps, altering vowel points, ‘the slaying of the slagers.8. Or, ‘he sigheth with his rough ’9. Or, ‘fruit of taking away his sin.’

12 And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall beat out (corn) from the stream of the River, unto the brook of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, Ο ye children of Israel.

13 And it shall be in that day, a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come which were lost in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

XXVIII. 1 Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading ﬂower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are smitten down with wine!

2 Behold, the Lord hath a strong and mighty One, like a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction; like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, he casteth it down to the ground with force.

3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden with feet;

4 And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as an early ﬁg before the summer, which when any seeth, he swalloweth it while it is yet in his hand.

5 In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a crown of beauty and a diadem of glory unto the remnant of his people,

6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth ’over the judgment, and for might to them that turn back war at the gate.

7 And these also have erred with wine, and are gone astray with strong drink; priest and prophet have erred with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray with strong drink; they have erred. in vision, have wavered in decision.

12. ‘ beat out ’ or ‘beat off ’1. ‘fat valley,’ lit. ‘valley of ’ (so ver.2. ‘ casteth ’ causative of verb meaning ‘ ’ ‘ settle ’ ‘with force, lit. ‘hand.’4. Lit. ‘ which when he that seeth seeth, he swalloweth...7. ‘have erred...are gone astray...’: or,

8 For all tables are full of ﬁlthy vomit; there is no place (left).

9 Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to discern the message? those that are weaned from the milk, removed from the breasts?

10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line line upon line; here a little, there a little.

11 For with stamrnerings of lip and another tongue will he speak to this people.

12 He who said to them, This is the. rest, give ye rest to the weary ; and this is the refreshing; and they would not hear.

13 And the word of the Lord shall be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and stumble backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.