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Israel's False Hopes
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# Chapter 8
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1. Put the ram's horn to your mouth!
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1 Put the ram’s horn to your mouth!
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One like an eagle comes
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against the house of
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the Lord,
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against the house of the Lord,
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because they transgress my covenant
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and rebel against my law.
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2. Israel cries out to me,
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"My God, we know you!"
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3. Israel has rejected what is good;
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2 Israel cries out to me,
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“My God, we know you!”
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3 Israel has rejected what is good;
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an enemy will pursue him.
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4. They have installed kings,
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4 They have installed kings,
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but not through me.
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They have appointed leaders,
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but without my approval.
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They make their silver and gold
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into idols for themselves
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for their own destruction.
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5. Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria.
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5 Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria.
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My anger burns against them.
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How long will they be incapable of innocence?
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6. For this thing is from Israel--
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6 For this thing is from Israel—
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a craftsman made it, and it is not God.
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The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
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7. Indeed, they sow the wind
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7 Indeed, they sow the wind
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and reap the whirlwind.
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There is no standing grain;
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what sprouts fails to yield flour.
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Even if they did,
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foreigners would swallow it up.
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8. Israel is swallowed up!
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8 Israel is swallowed up!
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Now they are among the nations
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like discarded pottery.
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9. For they have gone up to Assyria
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9 For they have gone up to Assyria
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like a wild donkey going off on its own.
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Ephraim has paid for love.
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10. Even though they hire lovers among the nations,
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10 Even though they hire lovers among the nations,
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I will now round them up,
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and they will begin to decrease in number
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under the burden of the king and leaders.
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11. When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin,
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11 When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin,
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they became his altars for sinning.
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12. Though I were to write out for him
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12 Though I were to write out for him
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ten thousand points of my instruction,
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they would be regarded as something strange.
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13. Though they offer sacrificial gifts
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13 Though they offer sacrificial gifts
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and eat the flesh,
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the Lord does not accept them.
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Now he will remember their guilt
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and punish their sins;
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they will return to Egypt.
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14. Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
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14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
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Judah has also multiplied fortified cities.
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I will send fire on their cities,
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and it will consume their citadels.
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and it will consume their citadels.
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