When, I, had warned them, I strengthened their arm, - yet, against me, kept they on devising wickedness.

In that time of the plague shall Ephraim be laid waste, therefore did I faithfully warn the tribes of Israel.

but while they be going here and there, I shall spread my net over them, and draw them down as the fowls of the air. And according as they have been warned, so will I punish them.