52 lines
1.8 KiB
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52 lines
1.8 KiB
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# Chapter 8
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1 Set the trumpet to your lips!
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One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
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because they have transgressed my covenant
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and rebelled against my law.
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2 To me they cry,
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“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
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3 Israel has spurned the good;
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the enemy shall pursue him.
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4 They made kings, but not through me.
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They set up princes, but I knew it not.
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With their silver and gold they made idols
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for their own destruction.
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5 I have spurned your calf, O 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 it is from Israel;
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a craftsman made it;
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it is not God.
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The calf of Samaria
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shall be broken to pieces.
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7 For they sow the wind,
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and they shall reap the whirlwind.
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The standing grain has no heads;
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it shall yield no flour;
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if it were to yield,
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strangers would devour it.
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8 Israel is swallowed up;
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already they are among the nations
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as a useless vessel.
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9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
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a wild donkey wandering alone;
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Ephraim has hired lovers.
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10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
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I will soon gather them up.
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And the king and princes shall soon writhe
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because of the tribute.
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11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
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they have become to him altars for sinning.
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12 Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
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they would be regarded as a strange thing.
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13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
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they sacrifice meat and eat it,
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but the Lord does not accept them.
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Now he will remember their iniquity
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and punish their sins;
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they shall return to Egypt.
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14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker
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and built palaces,
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and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
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so I will send a fire upon his cities,
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and it shall devour her strongholds. |