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# Chapter 10
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1 Israel is a luxuriant vine
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that yields its fruit.
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The more his fruit increased,
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the more altars he built;
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as his country improved,
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he improved his pillars.
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2 Their heart is false;
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now they must bear their guilt.
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The Lord will break down their altars
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and destroy their pillars.
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3 For now they will say:
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“We have no king,
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for we do not fear the Lord;
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and a king—what could he do for us?”
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4 They utter mere words;
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with empty oaths they make covenants;
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so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
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in the furrows of the field.
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
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for the calf of Beth-aven.
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Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
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those who rejoiced over it and over its glory—
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for it has departed from them.
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6 The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
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as tribute to the great king.
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Ephraim shall be put to shame,
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and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
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7 Samaria's king shall perish
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like a twig on the face of the waters.
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8 The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
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shall be destroyed.
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Thorn and thistle shall grow up
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on their altars,
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and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
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and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
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9 From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
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there they have continued.
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Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
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10 When I please, I will discipline them,
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and nations shall be gathered against them
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when they are bound up for their double iniquity.
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11 Ephraim was a trained calf
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that loved to thresh,
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and I spared her fair neck;
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but I will put Ephraim to the yoke;
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Judah must plow;
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Jacob must harrow for himself.
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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
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reap steadfast love;
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break up your fallow ground,
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for it is the time to seek the Lord,
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that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
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13 You have plowed iniquity;
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you have reaped injustice;
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you have eaten the fruit of lies.
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Because you have trusted in your own way
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and in the multitude of your warriors,
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14 therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
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and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
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as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
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mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
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15 Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
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because of your great evil.
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At dawn the king of Israel
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shall be utterly cut off. |