8 “Ephraim mixes with the nations;

Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

9 Foreigners sap his strength,

but he does not realize it.

His hair is sprinkled with gray,

but he does not notice.

8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;

Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Strangers devour his strength,

and he knows it not;

gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,

and he knows it not.

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people;

Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not:

Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

8 “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,

making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!

9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,

but they don’t even know it.

Their hair is gray,

but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.

8 “Israel mixes with other nations;

he is like a pancake cooked only on one side.

9 Foreign nations have eaten up his strength,

but he doesn’t know it.

Israel is weak and feeble, like an old man,

but he doesn’t know it.

8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

8 “Ephraim mixes with other nations. 

Ephraim, you are like a half-baked loaf of bread. 

9 Foreigners are using up your strength, but you don’t realize it. 

You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you don’t realize it. 

8 Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.

Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

9 Foreigners consume his strength,

but he does not notice.

Even his hair is streaked with gray,

but he does not notice.

8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;

Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Foreigners devour his strength,

but he does not know it;

gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,

but he does not know it.

8 Ephraim mixes himself

with the nations;

Ephraim is a bread cake

not turned over.

9 Foreigners devour his strength,

and he does not know it;

mold is also sprinkled upon him,

and he does not know it.

8 The people of Ephraim mix with the nations.

They are like a flat cake

that is baked on only one side.

9 People from other lands make them weaker and weaker.

But they don’t realize it.

Their hair is becoming gray.

But they don’t even notice it.

8 Ephraim mixes himself with the nations;

Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

9 Strangers devour his strength,

Yet he does not know it;

Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,

Yet he does not know it.