May their eyes be blinded! ¹  Make them shake violently! ² 

The Ephraimites ¹  were armed with bows, ²  but they retreated in the day of battle. ³ 

Do not slander ¹  a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. ² 

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

Look, I have inscribed your name ¹  on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your ¹  minds ²  as expressed through ³  your evil deeds,

If we endure, we will also reign with him. ¹  If we deny ²  him, ³  he will also deny us.

They will maintain the outward appearance ¹  of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. ² 

So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, ¹  with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.

But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried ¹  on their shoulders, was their responsibility. ² 

How blessed ¹  is the one ²  who trusts in the Lord ³  and does not seek help from ⁴  the proud or from liars! ⁵ 

I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired. ¹ 

and those who turn their backs on ¹  the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” ² 

They ¹  tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

So I say this, and insist ¹  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility ²  of their thinking. ³ 

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

It trains us ¹  to reject godless ways ²  and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, ¹ 

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ¹ 

know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ¹  they will be a whip that tears ²  your sides and thorns that blind ³  your eyes until you disappear ⁴  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.