65 lines
2.2 KiB
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65 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 10
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1 Israel empties his vine;
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He brings forth fruit for himself.
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According to the multitude of his fruit
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He has increased the altars;
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According to the bounty of his land
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They have embellished his sacred pillars.
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2 Their heart is divided;
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Now they are held guilty.
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He will break down their altars;
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He will ruin their sacred pillars.
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3 For now they say,
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“We have no king,
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Because we did not fear the Lord.
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And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
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4 They have spoken words,
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Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
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Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear
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Because of the calf of Beth Aven.
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For its people mourn for it,
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And its priests shriek for it—
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Because its glory has departed from it.
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6 The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
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As a present for King Jareb.
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Ephraim shall receive shame,
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And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
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7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off
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Like a twig on the water.
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8 Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
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Shall be destroyed.
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The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
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They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
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And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
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9 “O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah;
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There they stood.
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The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity
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Did not overtake them.
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10 When it is My desire, I will chasten them.
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Peoples shall be gathered against them
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When I bind them for their two transgressions.
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11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
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That loves to thresh grain;
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But I harnessed her fair neck,
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I will make Ephraim pull a plow.
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Judah shall plow;
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Jacob shall break his clods.”
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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
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Reap in mercy;
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Break up your fallow ground,
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For it is time to seek the Lord,
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Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.
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13 You have plowed wickedness;
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You have reaped iniquity.
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You have eaten the fruit of lies,
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Because you trusted in your own way,
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In the multitude of your mighty men.
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14 Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
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And all your fortresses shall be plundered
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As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
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A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
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15 Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
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Because of your great wickedness.
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At dawn the king of Israel
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Shall be cut off utterly. |