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| 10:1 |
Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he made; The richer his land, The better he made the [sacred] pillars.
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| 10:2 |
Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars [And] destroy their [sacred] pillars.
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| 10:3 |
Surely now they will say, "We have no king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?"
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| 10:4 |
They speak [mere] words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
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| 10:5 |
The inhabitants 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 departed from it.
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| 10:6 |
The thing itself will be carried to Assyria As tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.
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| 10:7 |
Samaria will be cut off [with] her king, Like a stick on the surface of the water.
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| 10:8 |
Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; 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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| 10:9 |
From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?
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| 10:10 |
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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| 10:11 |
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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| 10:12 |
Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.
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| 10:13 |
You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors,
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| 10:14 |
Therefore, a tumult will arise among your people, And all your fortresses 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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| 10:15 |
Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel will be completely cut off.
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