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28 Oh, it will be bad for you drunkards of Ephraim.
    That once proud elegance of yours
Now droops and falls like a fading flower.
    You leaders of the fertile valley are now drowning in your own wine.

Samaria overlooks the finest land in Israel. But these are the last days for this fading flower because God has selected Assyria as His agent of judgment.

Look well—the Eternal has called up one who is fierce and mighty.
    Like a powerful hailstorm followed by destructive winds,
Like a storm that spawns devastating floods,
    God’s agent will drive Ephraim down and smash him to earth.
Then the tarnished elegance of intoxicated Ephraim
    will lie trampled in the dirt.

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