he repented that he had made man upon the earth and sorrowed in his heart.

O how oft did they grieve him in the wilderness? How many a time did they provoke him in the desert?

Howbeit, the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.

But after they provoked him to wrath and vexed his holy mind, he was their enemy, and fought against them himself.

To a people that is ever defying me to my face. They make their oblations in gardens, and their smoke upon altars of brick;

And grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

But Ephraim hath provoked him to displeasure through his abominations; therefore shall his blood be poured upon himself, and the LORD his God shall reward him his blasphemies.