49 lines
2.5 KiB
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49 lines
2.5 KiB
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## You Have Sinned, O Israel
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###### 1
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Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more abundant his fruit, The more altars he abounded; The better his land, The better he made the _sacred_ pillars.
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###### 2
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Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. Yahweh will break down their altars _And_ destroy their _sacred_ pillars.
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###### 3
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Surely now they will say, "We have no king, For we do not fear Yahweh. As for the king, what can he do for us?"
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###### 4
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They speak _mere_ words; With worthless oaths they cut covenants; And judgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.
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###### 5
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The dweller of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has gone into exile from them.
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###### 6
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The thing itself will be carried to Assyria As tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will receive shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.
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###### 7
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Samaria will be ruined _with_ her king Like a stick on the surface of the water.
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###### 8
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Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be eradicated; Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"
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###### 9
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From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake them in Gibeah?
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###### 10
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When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt.
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## The Trained Heifer
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###### 11
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And Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, But I will come over her fair neck _with a yoke_; I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will harrow for himself.
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###### 12
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Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with lovingkindness; Break up your fallow ground, Indeed, it is time to seek Yahweh Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.
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###### 13
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You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; You have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have trusted in your way, in your abundant warriors,
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###### 14
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Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people, And all your fortifications will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, _When_ mothers were dashed in pieces with _their_ children.
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###### 15
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Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your evil of evils. At dawn the king of Israel will be completely ruined.
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